Brussels Jewish Museum attack suspect questioned over Syria hostages
Mehdi Nemmouche, 32, detained in Belgium on suspicion of carrying out the May 2014 shooting attack on the Jewish Museum in Brussels, which left four people dead, was transported to Paris on Wednesday to appear before an examining magistrate investigating his suspected role as jailkeeper in Syria between 2013 and 2014 of four French journalists taken hostage there.
AA Frenchman accused of a deadly 2014 shooting at a Brussels Jewish museum was placed under investigation in France on Wednesday in relation to a separate case in Syria, according to his lawyer, reports ABC News.
Lawyer Francis Vuillemin said Mehdi Nemmouche was escorted under high security for "just a few hours" to Paris from Belgium, where he is currently being held, to face the French authorities.
The charges of "kidnapping and illegal sequestration with links to a terrorist enterprise" relate to allegations that Nemmouche, 32, was the jailer of four French journalists held in Syria between June 2013 and May 2014.
The lawyer said Nemmouche remained silent throughout.
Nemmouche is suspected of gunning down four people with an assault weapon in the Brussels museum in May 2014.
