Belgium approves extradition of Paris attacks suspect to France

A court in Brussels has decided to allow the extradition to France of Salah Abdeslam, a suspect in last November’s Paris attacks. Abdeslam, who was arrested earlier this month in central Brussels, had earlier agreed to be transferred. The 26-year-old was detained after apparently hiding in the Belgian capital for more than four months. His […]

A court in Brussels has decided to allow the extradition to France of Salah Abdeslam, a suspect in last November’s Paris attacks.
Abdeslam, who was arrested earlier this month in central Brussels, had earlier agreed to be transferred.
The 26-year-old was detained after apparently hiding in the Belgian capital for more than four months.
His arrest, in a dramatic police operation, came four days before bomb attacks in Brussels killed 32 people.
Belgian and French authorities will now consider how to go ahead with the extradition, the federal prosecutor’s office says.
However, the transfer may take several weeks as Abdeslam – a French national, born in Belgium – is also wanted for questioning in connection with the Brussels bombings.