BRUGES, Belgium: Paris attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam woke up behind bars Sunday after spending his first night in jail on charges of "terrorist murder" for his role in orchestrating the worst-ever terror assault on French soil.

Abdeslam, who was caught after being shot in the leg during a Friday police raid in Brussels, told interrogators he had planned to blow himself up at the Stade de France stadium in Paris but had backed out at the last minute.

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