Key Participant in 2015 Paris Terror Attacks Sentenced to Life in Prison, the Harshest Punishment Under French Law

PARIS—The highest-profile surviving participant of a 2015 terrorist attack that killed 130 people across Paris in a single night was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison after a monthslong trial that aimed to close one of the more painful chapters in France’s modern history.

Salah Abdeslam, 32 years old, was one of 10 Islamic State attackers who fanned out across the nation’s capital on Nov. 13, 2015, nine of whom died in shootouts with police or detonated suicide vests. The killing spree was the deadliest in a string of terrorist attacks targeting France at the time, leaving hundreds dead and reshaping everyday life in the country.