The Gulf Time Newspaper One of the finest business newspapers in the UAE brought to you by our professional writers and editors.
Belgium / AFP
Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam wants to cooperate with French authorities once he is extradited from Belgium, his lawyer said on Thursday, as Belgian police carried out a raid linked to a foiled French terror plot.
Soldiers and police could be seen taking part in the operation near a busy motorway in Courtrai in northwestern Belgium, the latest in a series of raids since the Paris and Brussels terror attacks exposed a tangled web of cross-border jihadist cells. The sole surviving suspect of the November 13 Paris attacks in which 130 people were killed, Salah Abdeslam was arrested in Brussels on March 18 after four months on the run.
The arrest was considered a rare success in Belgium’s anti-terror fight, although he was found just metres from his family home and has refused to talk since the Brussels attacks despite having links to the attackers.
“I can confirm that Salah Abdeslam wants to be handed over to the French authorities,” lawyer Cedric Moisse said.