Belgian police were on duty during a police operation in morenbeck.Saint-Jean district of BrusselsBelgian police were on duty during a police operation in morenbeck.Saint-Jean district of BrusselsBRUSSELS —After the fierce fourIn a month-long search, police arrested the number one fugitive in last year's deadly attacks in Paris on Friday.The 26-year-old Salah Abdeslam, a childhood friend of the suspected head of the attack, was suspected of driving a car carrying a group of gunmen involved in the shooting.Abdeslam was shot in the leg, officials said.Thierry Werts, spokesman for the Belgian federal prosecutor's office, said four people were detained with Abdeslam, including a family member who sheltered him near Molenbeeck.Werts did not say how the three family members accused of sheltered Abdeslam knew him.France's bfm TV showed a man wearing a white hoodie being dragged to a police car, dragging his left leg as if his left leg had been injured.Police blocked the area with riot shields and heard two explosions.On November, Islamic extremists killed 130 people at rock concerts at national stadiums and cafes.Paris has seen its deadliest attack in decades.Belgian Prime Minister Michel said Friday's arrest was a success in the fight against terrorism.He said he spoke with President Obama about the arrest.S.Officials have been in close contact with French and Belgian officials about the Paris attacks.French President Francois Hollande congratulated the Belgian government on weeks of action.He warned that the investigation had not yet ended and that the authorities would continue to hunt down anyone involved in funding or organizing attacks.Two other people believed to be in connection with the attack are still being sought, including Mohammed aberini, a molenbeck resident, and a man who is not his real name, Sufian Kaya.Belgian authorities say they found his fingerprints in an apartment they raided in another neighborhood of Brussels earlier this week.In that raid, a man was considered an associate of Abdeslam.Mohammed belkardProsecutors in Belgium say they were shot dead.But two people escaped from the apartment, one of whom appeared to be Abdeslam.Federal prosecutor Eric Van der Sypt said Abdeslam may have been in the apartment for "days, weeks or months ".