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1st LD Writethru: Italian police arrest Algerian suspect on collusion with attacks in Brussels, Paris

Xinhua, March 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

Italian police arrested an Algerian man on suspicion of collusion with the deadly attacks in Paris and Brussels, Italian media reported on Saturday.

Djamal Eddine Ouali was arrested in Bellizzi, a town in the costal province Salerno in southern Italy, on suspicion of producing fake documents that might also be used by some extremists related to the attacks in Paris and Brussels, according to Italian news agency Ansa.

As Italian police revealed, Belgium authorities issued the European arrest warrant against Ouali, on the charge of participation in a criminal organization by making fake documents and abetment of irregular immigration.

According to investigators, the name of the man has appeared in October 2015 when authorities in Brussels seized near 1,000 of photos of fake identity documents. Endit