Prime suspect in Paris attacks extradited to France
Belgium has extradited to France the main suspect in Paris attacks that claimed the lives of 130 people in November last year.
Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said Salah Abdeslam, 26, was arrested after arriving in Paris at 9:05 a.m. (0705 GMT) on Wednesday and is scheduled to face charges later in the day.
"He will be presented to judges during the day with a view to being charged," the prosecutor said in a statement.
Abdeslam had been transferred to the French capital under tight security, according to sources close to the investigation.
France’s Justice Minister Jean-Jacques Urvoas said the suspect would be placed in solitary confinement in a Paris area.
He added that "hardened guards trained in the detention of persons believed to be dangerous" will monitor Abdeslam.
On November 13, 2015 Daesh launched a series of attacks in Paris, killing a total of 130 people. Investigations into the incident revealed that the perpetrators were mostly Belgium-based.
Abdeslam was arrested on March 18 after a shootout in Belgium’s capital, Brussels. He is a French national of Moroccan descent who was raised in Belgium and is believed to be the last surviving complicit in the Paris attacks.
His French attorney, Frank Berton, told Voix du Nord regional newspaper that his client was "anxious to explain himself" in France.
Days after Abdeslam's arrest, coordinated attacks hit Brussels airport and a metro station, killing 32 people.
Police say there are links between Abdeslam and the three suicide bombers involved in the Belgium attacks.
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