(Brussels Times) The Brussels Court of Appeal has confirmed that Nizar Trabelsi must be released from detention, following an earlier ruling by the Brussels council chamber.
Trabelsi, a former professional footballer from Tunisia, was arrested in Belgium in September 2001, shortly after the 9/11 attacks in the United States. He was accused of planning an attack on the Kleine-Brogel airbase and sentenced to ten years in prison, which he served in full.
After completing his sentence, Trabelsi was extradited to the United States to face new charges for the same alleged acts. In 2023, however, a US court acquitted him of those charges. Since then, he has attempted multiple times to return to Belgium, but each attempt was denied.
