Mehdi Nemmouche, the Frenchman suspected to have carried out the deadly shooting at Brussels’ Jewish Museum in May, has dropped an appeal against his extradition to Belgium, his lawyer said on Friday, reports FRANCE 24.
Nemmouche, 29, had filed an appeal against a June ruling that ordered his extradition from France, but his lawyer Apolin Pepiezep said he had decided not to go ahead with the move.
Pepiezep said that after consideration, he found the extradition ruling "satisfactory" because it contained guarantees that his client could not be sent to another country from Belgium.
"My client could not be extradited from Belgium to a third state without the agreement of the French authorities," he said.
Nemmouche had feared he could face extradition to Israel over the museum shooting, which claimed the lives of an Israeli couple, a Frenchwoman and a Belgium man.
The French courts are now free to authorise Nemmouche's extradition, which can take place within 10 days of a court order.
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