After being sentenced to life in France, Salah Abdeslam, the sole survivor of the 2015 Paris attacks, has been extradited to Belgium for a new terror trial. From October 10, Abdeslam is to appear in court along with four other defendants for the attacks in Brussels in March 2016. The trial could last until the summer of next year.
He is now detained in a Belgian prison, the AFP news agency learned from insiders on Wednesday.
In Belgium, the Frenchman has to appear in court for the attacks in Brussels in March 2016.
Abdeslam, 32, was taken to the airport on Wednesday morning from his prison in Fleury-Mérogis, south of Paris, to be transferred to Belgium. According to insiders, he was taken to prison in Ittre, about 30 kilometers from the Belgian capital.
After the trial in Belgium, which starts in October, he must serve his sentence in France. But he was later able to apply to be transferred to a prison in Belgium, where he grew up and where his family lives.
Source: Krone
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