Belgian prosecutors said Salah Abdeslam, a key suspect in the >Paris attacks , has been handed over to French authorities.
Abdeslam, >arrested in Belgium last month after four months on the run, is wanted by the French for his role in the Nov. 13 attacks in the French capital that killed 130 victims.
A statement on Wednesday from the Belgium Federal Prosecutor’s Office said Abdeslam was delivered to French authorities on Wednesday morning under a March 19 European arrest warrant.
Meanwhile, Frank Berton, a French lawyer said he will defend the key Paris attacks suspect once he’s transferred from Belgium to France, and described him as a young man “falling apart” and ready to cooperate.
Abdeslam, whose brother blew himself up in the attacks, is now in a Belgian prison and is charged with attempted murder over a March 15 shootout with police in Brussels. He was arrested three days later.
Belgian police have been questioning him about potential links to the three suicide bombers who >attacked the Brussels Airport and subway on March 22 , killing 32.
