Belgium has handed over to France two men believed to have helped a key suspect in the November 13 Paris attacks flee to Brussels, Belgian federal prosecutors say.
Salah Abdeslam (left), suspected of involvement in the November 13, 2015 terror attacks in Paris with his friend Hamza Attou seen entering a convenience store at 9:45 a.m. on 14 November near the France-Belgium border. (Screen capture: BFM TV)
Mohamed Amri and Ali Oulkadi are suspected of helping Salah Abdeslam in the crucial hours after the massacre, which left 130 dead and hundreds wounded.
The pair allegedly worked with Hamza Attou, who has already been extradited.
“Within the framework of the Paris attacks of November 2015, Mohammed A. and Ali O. have been surrendered to the French authorities today,” a statement says, referring to the men only by their initials.
Amri and Attou are suspected of accompanying Abdeslam back to Brussels, getting him past three police checks in France before crossing the border into Belgium.
Oulkadi is thought to have then driven Abdeslam across Brussels on November 14, the last place the top suspect was traced before his capture in the Belgian capital four months later.
— AFP
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