Tunisia had applied for extradition of Islamist gunman who shot dead two football fans but file got forgotten
The attacker had been sentenced to more than 26 years in prison in Tunisia in 2005, but had escaped from prison in January 2011.The attacker had been sentenced to more than 26 years in prison in Tunisia in 2005, but had escaped from prison in January 2011.
“None of the colleagues involved remember what became of this specific file a year ago. There is no trace of it being handled,” he said.The attacker, 45-year-old Abdesalem Lassoued, had been sentenced “to more than 26 years in prison in Tunisia in 2005, but had escaped from prison in January 2011,” the prosecutor said.At that time the document mentioned only “a prison escape”, he said.
Interior minister Annelies Verlinden said on Saturday that a lack of detail in the first “red notice” from Interpol meant the dossier had not been handled immediately.
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