him, brianna, they know a lot of information about this network through their investigations over the last year or so, so they know a lot of addresses, a lot of phone numbers, where to look. but the flip side of that is, he was deeply connected, part of this isis recruitment network, who were very good at hiding people and smuggling people out of the country. and they might have already had a plan in place to get into a safe house in germany. we saw with the paris attacks in november of 2015 with salah abdeslam who ducked out of that attack, were able to hide him for months and months in brussels, and the worry is we could see that play out again while they take a breather and prepare for a sort of second wave of attacks. paul, thank you so much. let s get the latest on what u.s. officials knew about the berlin attack suspect.
neighborhood. translator: my client doesn t know how long salah stayed. actually he doesn t know if salah stayed here. maybe he went somewhere else afterwards. my client doesn t know. reporter: sources close to the investigation now reveal more details about abdeslam s alleged role. in september they say he s seen in paris. in october he purchased ten detonators at a fireworks store in the french capital. two days later, he rented a car. police say abdeslam drove the car to the soccer stadium to drop off bombers before abandoning it in a pedestrian cause walk near the sight of one of the attacks. later, traces cellphone, days after in the same neighborhood they find discarded suicide vest. 130 people are killed by seven terrorists who shoot them and detonate bombs on the night of november 13th. by morning the only living suspect is gone.
to save it. we go now to paris where fred pleitgen joins us on the latest of the terror investigation. fred, always great to have you on the show. salah abdeslam remain on the run but authorities are now revealing new details about his alleged role on november 13th and his movements. absolutely, isha. important new details. apparently, salah abdeslam who had a lrnlg role in the logistics of the ating thes. renting some of the veengs used in some of those shootings as well as the attack on the bataclan theater. apparently he also came to paris before the attack and bout at least ten detonators at a fireworks shop north of the city. apparently he paid about $10 per detonator for them. also bought batteries at that shop as well. he is, of course, the man who is being sought in a global manhunt, but so far there are very few leads as to where he might actually be. is he already in syria?
nbc s keir simmons is live for us in brussels, belgium. that is where the investigation is trying to find the roots of this plot. reporter: yeah, that s right. they re trying to find a man called salah abdeslam who fled, it is reported, it is believed, from paris, was stopped at the border of belgium and france, then released again on friday, then we don t know where he went from there. there is suspicion he is here in this suburb of brussels where he comes from. now, it looks as if the police here are just hauling through anyone they can find, frankly. they have arrested seven people, five have been released, two have been charged. one of those released was salah abdeslam s brother.