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| Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam cleared for France extradition | |
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| 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. | |
| He 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 is also wanted for questioning in connection with the Brussels bombings. | |
| After his arrest, Abdeslam was initially questioned over his alleged role in the Paris attacks. | |
| But after last week's suicide bombings in the Belgian capital, he then exercised his right to silence. | |
| "As Salah Abdeslam had declared to agree to be transferred to France, a federal magistrate took his formal declaration today. The transfer is possible," the prosecutor's office said. | |
| Earlier, a lawyer for Abdeslam, Cedric Moisse, said that his client had dropped his initial objection to being extradited. | |
| "He wishes to co-operate with the French authorities," he added. |