DHAKA: Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has changed his mind and will not fight extradition from Belgium to France.

Quoting his lawyer says, BBC reports the matter on Thursday.

Salah Abdeslam is one of the key suspects in November’s Paris attacks which left 130 people dead.

He was arrested and wounded in a police raid on Friday in Brussels of Belgium.

On Tuesday, suicide bombs in Brussels killed 31 people. The attacks are thought to be linked to the Paris attacks network and Abdeslam’s arrest.

So-called Islamic State (IS) has said it was behind both attacks.

Abdeslam's lawyer, Sven Mary, told French media he “wishes to leave for France as quickly as possible” so he could “explain himself in France”.

Mary had previously said Abdeslam, a 26-year-old French national born in Belgium, intended to fight extradition to France.

Abdeslam did not have prior knowledge of the Brussels bombings, and had stopped co-operating with police following the attacks, Mary added.

BDST: 1750 HRS,MAR 24, 2016
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