According to Mail Online, a new picture of the last surviving Paris jihadist suggests he may be hiding behind fake glasses and a wig as it emerges he wants to hand himself in - but is too scared of angry ISIS commanders intent on revenge.
French police are said to have circulated the new image Salah Abdesalam, who has been on the run since the attacks which left 129 dead last Friday, in disguise, along with a new name: Yassine Baghli.
But as the international manhunt for Abdesalam intensifies, a friend has revealed that he is wracked with guilt over the murders, but cannot surrender because he fears reprisals on his family by ISIS
Abdesalam is now Europe's most wanted man, after alleged mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud was killed during a six hour battle with police on Wednesday.
Authorities had originally believed Abdesalam was in the same flat in Saint-Denis where Abaaoud was hiding, but he was not found during the raid and France's prime minister today admitted they don't know where he is hiding.
But it has been claimed he was meant to take part in the attacks as the eighth suicide bomber, but backed out when he realised things had 'gone too far'.A source, who claimed to have seen Abdesalam in Molenbeek, Belgium, on Tuesday, told Belgium's SudInfo: 'He was overwhelmed by what was happening.
'But he could not hand himself in as this could have consequences for his family.'
The source told the journalist he feared ISIS - and wanted a message passed onto his brother Mohammed, who has urged him to hand himself in repeatedly.
They also claimed he was no longer in the area, but police were on high alert tonight after he was reportedly sighted on foot in the Belgian capital.
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