Salah Abdeslam, Suspect in Paris Attacks, Is Extradited to France

The New York Times‘ Aurelien Breeden reports, “Salah Abdeslam, who is thought to be the only direct participant in the November Paris Attacks to have survived, was handed over to France by Belgium on Wednesday.” Abdeslam is also implicated in the Brussels attacks, and will be held in isolation until his trial. The French Justice Minister Jean-Jacques Urvoas said Abdeslam would be guarded by a team that specialized in the detention of “people known to be dangerous.”

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