Next step for top Paris attacks suspect: extradition effort
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The top suspect in last year's deadly Paris attacks, captured in Belgium after four months on the run, will face police questioning and a fast-track effort to extradite him to France.
Salah Abdeslam, a French national, is subject to a European arrest warrant issued by France. He was seized Friday in the Brussels neighborhood of Molenbeek and hospitalized after being shot in the leg.
French anti-terrorist judges could file an extradition request as early as this weekend. A 2002 European agreement speeds up the process, particularly for grave crimes. Families of victims and survivors want him to face justice in France.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}French President Francois Hollande said in Brussels he was sure "the Belgian authorities will answer it as favorably as possible, as soon as possible."