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Suspect in Brussels Jewish museum shooting faces extradition to France

Frenchman Mehdi Nemmoucheis accused of May 2014 shooting in which an Israeli couple, a French woman and a Belgian man were killed.

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Mehdi Nemmouche, the chief suspect in the deadly 2014 shooting at the Jewish Museum of Belgium, can be extradited to France to face terrorism charges, Belgium's federal prosecutors ruled Thursday, reports FRANCE 24.

Frenchman Nemmouche is accused of carrying out the May 24, 2014, shooting at the Jewish museum in Brussels, in which an Israeli couple, a French woman and a Belgian man were killed.

In their decision on Thursday, Belgian prosecutors said Nemmouche would be extradited to France once Belgium "no longer needs him".

Nemmouche was initially extradited to Belgium from France after his arrest in the southern French city of Marseille, six days after the shooting.

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