BELGIUM: BELGIAN AUTHORITIES ARREST MOROCCAN YUESSEF BELHADJ WANTED BY SPAIN IN CONNECTION WITH MARCH 11 MADRID TRAIN BOMBINGS

Record ID: 647060

  • Title: BELGIUM: BELGIAN AUTHORITIES ARREST MOROCCAN YUESSEF BELHADJ WANTED BY SPAIN IN CONNECTION WITH MARCH 11 MADRID TRAIN BOMBINGS
  • Date: 2nd February 2005
  • Summary: (EU)BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (FEBRUARY 2, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. EXTERIOR OF PALACE OF JUSTICE 0.04 2. SCU: ENTRANCE OF PALACE OF JUSTICE 0.10 3. JOURNALIST READING BELGIAN NEWSPAPER 0.15 4. CU: HEADLINE READING IN FRENCH 'AL QAIDA CHIEF ARRESTED IN BELGIUM?' 0.24 5. VARIOUS OF GREEN POLICE VAN DRIVING INTO GARAGE AT BACK OF PALACE OF JUSTICE/ GARAGE DOOR CLOSING (2 SHOTS) 0.37 6. LAWYER WALKING TO PALACE OF JUSTICE 0.44 7. ANOTHER LAWYER ENTERING PALACE OF JUSTICE 0.51 8. CU: WINDOW AT THE PALACE OF JUSTICE 0.56 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 17th February 2005 12:00
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  • Location: FEBRUARY 02, 2005
  • Country: Belgium
  • Reuters ID: LVA9Z2A538HHFWT7HVTD1QR3S07T
  • Story Text: Belgian authorities arrest's Youssef Belhadj, a
    Moroccan wanted by Spain in connection with the March 11
    Madrid train bombing.



    Belgian authorities arrested a man on Tuesday
    (February 1) suspected of having appeared on a videotape
    claiming responsibility for the Madrid attacks and
    describing himself as the spokesman of al Qaeda in Europe.

    According to the Belgian prosecutor's office, the
    suspect, Youssef Belhadj , was arrested on Tuesday evening
    in Brussels after a European arrest warrant was issued by
    the Spanish authorities, in connection with the Madrid
    bombing.

    Belhadj, 28, who Spain wants extradited, was born in
    Morocco but currently lives in Belgium, where he was
    arrested last March but then released.

    More than 100 suspected Islamic militants have been
    arrested in Spain since the March attacks, although many
    have been released for lack of evidence.


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