(National-UAE) French terrorist Salah Abdeslam, 33, told a Belgian court on Monday that his upcoming transfer to France would violate his human rights.
“My future is in Belgium. Sending me back to France is like sending me to my death,” said Abdeslam, who grew up in Brussels.
In July last year, France temporarily transferred Abdeslam to Belgium so that he could be tried for his role in the double suicide attacks that killed 35 people in Brussels in March 2016.
A jury found him guilty of murder, attempted murder and participation in the acts of a terrorist group.
Five other men — Mohamed Abrini, Osama Krayem, Ali El Haddad Asufi, Bilal El [Makhoukhi], and [Oussama] Atar, who is presumed dead — were found guilty of the same crimes.
