Extradition of London bombing suspect 'to take weeks'

The extradition of a suspect sought by British authorities for the botched July 21 bombings in London is likely to take weeks, an Italian prosecutor said today.

Pietro Saviotti, one of the prosecutors working on the case of Ethiopian-born Hamdi Issac, said Italian magistrates were looking into possible crimes committed in Italy, but dismissed fears these investigations could block Issac’s extradition.