Paris attacks suspect to be extradited to France

LONDON

Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam is to be extradited to France after a court in Brussels approved the transfer on Thursday.

The 26-year-old had reportedly been hiding in the Belgian capital for four months following the November attacks that killed 130 people across Paris.

Abdeslam, who was caught two weeks ago during a police raid in the Brussels suburb of Molenbeek, did not contest the extradition.

“In the light of Abdeslam’s agreement to be transferred to France, he was heard by magistrates today as prescribed by law,” Belgian federal prosecutors said, according to the Financial Times.

Abdeslam’s transfer to France could be delayed as Belgian authorities question him over last week’s Brussels bombings in Zaventem Airport and Maelbeek subway station that killed 32 people.

Responsibility for the attacks in both Brussels and Paris was claimed by Daesh.