Accomplice of key Paris attacks suspect Hamza Attou charged: Prosecutor

Hamza Attou, who helped key Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam flee to Brussels, has been charged and taken into custody in France, the Paris prosecutor said on Thursday.

The 22-year-old Belgian has been charged over his role in accompanying Abdeslam back to Brussels shortly after the Islamic State-claimed attacks in the French capital on November 13 left 130 dead and hundreds more wounded.

Another man, Mohamed Amri, was in the car, when they got past three police checks in France before crossing the border into Belgium. France is seeking Amri's extradition as well as that of Ali Oulkadi, who dropped Abdeslam off at a Brussels address on November 14.

Belgium handed Attou over to France on Wednesday, the Belgian federal prosecutor's office said earlier. Abdeslam, the only surviving member of the 10-man jihadist team that attacked Paris, was extradited to France in April.