Prosecutors added that Belgian and French authorities would “jointly discuss the terms of this handover”. Since then, a French appeals court has ruled the boy, who was supposed to meet his aunt at the Paris airport, should be kept in the airport holding area for his own protection for now, the Local reports.
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His fingerprints were found in a flat rented by Khalid el-Bakraoui, who blew himself up on the Brussels metro station on 22 March.
Another man, Anis Bahri, was arrested in Rotterdam on March 27 at the request of French police and is expected to be extradited to France.
According to Brussels media, two far-right protesters were arrested after “prohibited weapons” and molotov cocktails were found in their vehicle.
One of the two airport bombers, Najim Laachraoui, who is also suspected of having made the bombs for the Paris attacks, once drove to Hungary with Abdeslam.
People leave the scene of explosions at Zaventem airport near Brussels, Belgium, March 22, 2016.
The head of Brussels Airport says a limited number of passenger flights are planned to resume Sunday.
Kriket’s arrest prevented an “imminent” attack on France, according to the country’s interior minister and the public prosecutor in Paris.
Belgian authorities yesterday said they had charged a third suspect with terrorist offences linked to a plot to attack France.
Following his dramatic capture last month, in which Abdeslam was shot in the leg and bundled into a vehicle in the Molenbeek neighbourhood of Brussels, the 26-year-old will now be extradited from Belgium to France.
At least three other people are in custody in the case in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Police believe he acted as a logistics coordinator. Security at the airport will be tighter.
The airport police also complain that too many airport employees have criminal backgrounds.
Cedric Moisse, one of Abdeslam’s lawyers, previously told reporters that Abdeslam “is in favor of executing the European arrest warrant” and that “he wants to cooperate with the French authorities”.
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Abdeslam is accused of helping plan and execute the attacks in Paris on November 13, which killed 130 people. He is being held in Brussels, pending questioning by Belgian authorities about the Brussels attacks.
