Salah Abdeslam extradition to France gets go-ahead

A court has ruled that Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam can be extradited to France, said Belgium’s federal prosecutors.

A lawyer for Abdeslam said earlier yesterday that Abdeslam had dropped his initial objection to being extradited and had also renewed an offer to co-operate with the French authorities.

“Salah Abdeslam wishes to be transferred to the French authorities,” Cedric Moisse told reporters. “He wishes to co-operate with the French authorities.”