Four days after the deadly terrorist attack on two Swedish football fans in Brussels, Belgian Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne announced his resignation. Van Quickenborne justified the decision on Friday evening as a serious administrative error. The man who committed the attack could have been extradited to Tunisia a long time ago.
The fact that Tunisia’s extradition request submitted on August 15, 2022 was not processed by the responsible judge is an individual, monumental and unacceptable mistake with dramatic consequences, according to Van Quickenborne. He takes political responsibility for this.
It initially remained unclear on Friday why the extradition request was not processed by the judge. According to the justice department, 31 international extradition requests were submitted to this judge last year. 30 he worked on, except that of the later murderer.
Two Swedish fans were killed in an attack on the sidelines of a European Football Championship qualifying match between Belgium and Sweden on Monday evening. The Islamist terrorist militia Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the crime. The attacker, a Tunisian named Abdessalem Lassoued, was then shot dead by police on Tuesday. According to Italian authorities, it had been known since 2016 that he was an Islamist. (sda/dpa)
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