Belgium's authorities on Monday called on Italy to extradite an Algerian national wanted by the country in connection with fake ID documents used by the Paris and Brussels attackers.

Djamal Eddine Ouali, 40, was detained under a European arrest warrant in the southern region of Salerno in a joint operation between anti-terrorist forces and Rome's special operations police.

A police statement said they acted on an international arrest warrant issued for Ouali in January after a raid on an apartment in the Brussels suburb of Saint-Gilles discovered false documents such as passports and the equipment to make them.

It said that Belgian police found photos and documents with aliases used by those who carried out or were otherwise involved in the attacks in Paris last year and in Brussels last Tuesday.

The statement added that Ouali would be handed over to a court in the provincial capital, Salerno, to begin extradition proceedings.

Investigators were trying to determine why the man was in Italy. 

Source : MENA