Paris: Belgian prosecutors on Wednesday said that Salah Abdeslam, a key suspect in the Paris terror attacks that killed 130 victims, has been handed over to French authorities. Abdeslam, arrested in Belgium last month after four months on the run is wanted by the French for his role in the 13 November attacks in the French capital.
A statement on Wednesday from the Belgium Federal Prosecutor's Office said Abdeslam was delivered to French authorities Wednesday morning under a March 19 European arrest warrant.
Earlier in the day a French lawyer had come out saying that he would defend the key Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam once he's transferred from Belgium to France, and described him as a young man "falling apart" and ready to cooperate.
Frank Berton told the iTele TV channel on Wednesday that Abdeslam - the only survivor in the Nov. 13 Paris bloodbath that killed 130 people - won't be transferred to France before mid-May.
Abdeslam, whose brother blew himself up in the attacks, is now in a Belgian prison and is charged with attempted murder over a March 15 shootout with police in Brussels. He was arrested three days later.
Belgian police have been questioning him about potential links to the three suicide bombers who attacked the Brussels Airport and subway on March 22, killing 32.
