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Paris court rejects Italy's extradition request for ex-Red Brigade members, former terrorists

Protesters gather hold a banner to demonstrate against the extradition of the members of the Red Brigades detained in France, in Paris on April 1, 2022. © Thomas Samson, AFP

A Paris court on Wednesday ruled against extraditing to Italy 10 former left-wing militants, including some former Red Brigades members, convicted of domestic terrorist crimes in the 1970s and 1980s.

The Italian nationals had been living in freedom in France for decades after fleeing Italy before they could be imprisoned to serve their sentences.

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