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Belgian court halts transfer of Paris attacks terrorist Abdeslam to France

In July 2022, the French judiciary temporarily handed over Abdeslam to Belgium to be tried over the 2016 Brussels attacks. © Petra Urban / AP

An appeals court in Brussels has prevented Belgian authorities from transferring terrorist Salah Abdeslam to France to continue serving his life term for the 2015 Paris attacks, citing the risk of breaching the European Convention of Human Rights.

Abdeslam, the only surviving member of the commando cell that carried out the 2015 attacks that killed 130 people in and around Paris, was handed a life sentence in June 2022.

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