Iraqi pair face Czech extradition to Austria over train attack

(AFP) A Czech court said Friday an Iraqi man and woman faced extradition to Austria in connection with two 2018 attacks on trains in Germany.

The two were arrested at Prague airport Wednesday on a warrant issued by Austria, following Monday’s arrest of a 42-year-old Iraqi suspect in Vienna.

The 30-year-old man and 27-year-old woman “are both in extradition custody,” Prague Municipal Court spokeswoman Marketa Puci told AFP.

“They will be extradited to Vienna within 10 days.”

The pair are suspected of involvement in an attack which saw a steel rope strung across the tracks between the southern German cities of Munich and Nuremberg, damaging the front window of a train in October last year.

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