After a court hearing in Brussels on Thursday, Sven Mary, the lawyer for accused Paris terrorist attacker Salah Abdeslam, said that his client "didn't know" about Tuesday's attacks at the Brussels airport and a metro station. Mary also said that Abdeslam, captured last Friday, "has asked me to inform you that he wishes to leave for France as quickly as possible," and will no longer fight extradition. He "wants to explain himself in France," Mary said.
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