{"id":10118,"date":"2023-10-21T11:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T10:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=10118"},"modified":"2023-10-21T19:12:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T18:12:07","slug":"belgiums-justice-minister-resigns-amid-criticism-for-failing-to-extradite-gunman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/europe\/belgium\/belgiums-justice-minister-resigns-amid-criticism-for-failing-to-extradite-gunman\/2023\/10\/21\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium&#8217;s justice minister resigns amid criticism for failing to extradite gunman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words overflow-x-auto\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<ul>\n<li>Justice Minister Van Quickenborne acknowledges &#8220;monumental error&#8221; in extradition request for Brussels shooting suspect<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>BRUSSELS (Imran Saqib Chouhdary)- Belgium&#8217;s justice minister, Vincent Van Quickenborne, has tendered his resignation in the wake of a distressing revelation concerning the recent attack in Brussels. An Islamic extremist, Abdesalem Lassoued, responsible for the murder of two Swedish nationals, had been denied asylum and was the subject of an extradition request from Tunisia.<\/p>\n<p>The shocking development unfolded as authorities delved into the circumstances surrounding how Abdesalem Lassoued had seemingly vanished from their radar two years ago, following his rejection for asylum.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Minister Van Quickenborne made the announcement late on Friday, revealing that he and his team had been diligently pursuing information to fathom the details of Lassoued&#8217;s disappearance after his asylum denial.<\/p>\n<p>This incident has sent shockwaves through Belgium, prompting concerns about the nation&#8217;s security and the handling of individuals with extremist backgrounds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex justify-between empty:hidden gizmo:justify-start gizmo:gap-3 lg:block\">\n<div class=\"text-gray-400 flex self-end lg:self-center justify-center gizmo:lg:justify-start mt-2 gizmo:mt-0 visible lg:gap-1 lg:absolute lg:top-0 lg:translate-x-full lg:right-0 lg:mt-0 lg:pl-2 gap-2 md:gap-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"h-36 md:h-48 flex-shrink-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex-1 overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-enipx-79elbk h-full dark:bg-gray-800\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"w-full pt-2 md:pt-0 border-t md:border-t-0 dark:border-white\/20 md:border-transparent md:dark:border-transparent md:pl-2 md:w-[calc(100%-.5rem)] absolute bottom-0 left-0 md:bg-vert-light-gradient bg-white dark:bg-gray-800 md:!bg-transparent dark:md:bg-vert-dark-gradient\">\n<form class=\"stretch mx-2 flex flex-row gap-3 last:mb-2 md:mx-4 md:last:mb-6 lg:mx-auto lg:max-w-2xl xl:max-w-3xl\">\n<div class=\"relative flex h-full flex-1 items-stretch md:flex-col\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"h-full flex ml-1 md:w-full md:m-auto md:mb-4 gap-0 md:gap-2 justify-center\">\n<div class=\"grow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justice Minister Van Quickenborne acknowledges &#8220;monumental error&#8221; in extradition request for Brussels shooting suspect BRUSSELS (Imran Saqib Chouhdary)- Belgium&#8217;s justice minister, Vincent Van Quickenborne, has tendered his resignation in the wake of a distressing revelation concerning the recent attack in Brussels. An Islamic extremist, Abdesalem Lassoued, responsible for the murder of two Swedish nationals, had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[2475],"tags":[755,7534,7535,7536],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Brussels.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10118"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10120,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10118\/revisions\/10120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}