That appeared to be a reference to Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam, who is reportedly linked to the Bakraoui brothers, and was captured in Belgium last week, AFP reported.
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His lawyer, Sven Mary, said he asked for a one-month delay on any transfer while he studies the large file, but that Abdeslam “wants to leave for France as quickly as possible”.
Abdeslam was arrested in Brussels just four days before this week’s attacks, leading many to speculate that the strike may have been conceived as a form of retaliation.
The manhunt following the Brussels attacks focuses on a Belgian man authorities believe is an Islamic State bomb maker who traveled to Syria to train and recruit other foreign fighters before slipping back into Europe among a wave of migrants last fall.
Unconfirmed reports say another of the airport attackers was the wanted jihadist Najim Laachraoui, whose DNA was found on explosives linked to last year’s attacks in Paris.
Laachraoui – who was suspected of manufacturing suicide belts for the Paris attacks in November – was previously thought to be the man wearing a white coat and black hat, who is still being hunted by police.
But another man suspected of being involved in the subsequent bomb attack on Maelbeek metro station may also be at large, according to state broadcaster RTBF and France’s Le Monde newspaper.
Belgium’s Interior Minister Jan Jambon said that even on high alert, the authorities can not be expected to prevent all the terror attacks being hatched in their midst.
Brahim and Khalid El Bakraoui launched suicide attacks on Brussels airport and the Metro system during a day of violence which left 34 dead and hundreds injured.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the bombings at the airport and in the city’s subway. Police are also seeking a Mohammed Abrini, though it is not clear whether he is also one of the attackers.
A senior Turkish official told BuzzFeed News that Turkish authorities warned Belgium that Ibrahim had links to ISIS as early as this summer but the Belgians declined to act.
And authorities also have a grainy image of another suspect who they say is on the run.
Belgium nuclear plants are operating as normal following evacuations in the wake of the Brussels terrorist attacks, a spokesperson for the Belgian Federal Agency for Nuclear Control told Sputnik on Thursday.
He said the second suicide bomber, on the left in the picture, is not yet identified.
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While rail and metro services had resumed yesterday, the heavily damaged Zaventem airport will remain closed through today, transport officials said.
