But prosecutors gave no further details about the suspect.
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“No one knew that Salah was wanted, he (Ali Oulkadi) did not know”, Olivier Martins said after his client appeared in a Brussels court under armed guard as investigations continued into the November 13 Paris massacre which left 130 people dead.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Friday the legislation “is part of a broad package of measures in the fight against jihadism”.
Stuttgart prosecutors said Friday the man, whose name was not given in line with privacy laws, is accused of converting legal starter pistols to fire live ammunition and selling them on the Internet, the dpa news agency reported.
A 34-year-old man has been arrested in Germany for allegedly selling weapons reportedly linked to the attacks in Paris.
And Belgium’s justice minister says a fugitive sought in connection with the Paris attacks is likely getting support from others.
“Possible links to the attacks in Paris are being investigated”.
Even before the threat level was lowered, some elements of normalcy had returned – schools and transit were reopened on Wednesday, for example – although the city remained jittery, its streets patrolled by soldiers and armored vehicles.
Organizers told spectators coming to the 13,000-seat arena to arrive early Friday due to security checks.
The world number two, Britain’s Andy Murray, will take on Ruben Bemelmans of Belgium, after Kyle Edmund and David Goffin get the best-of-five tournament started.
Two other men – a 28-year-old Syrian and 46-year-old Tunisian – arrested over a possible attack in Dortmund have been released without charge.
Belgium on Tuesday also issued an worldwide arrest warrant for Mohamed Abrini, 30, who was filmed along with Salah Abdeslam at a petrol station in Ressons, France on the motorway to Paris, in a Renault Clio which was later used in the attacks.
Abdeslam, 26, has become the subject of an worldwide manhunt.
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“Continuing investigations indicate there is evidence that the accused may have sold four assault rifles to a buyer in Paris in November 2015”.
