German prosecutor requests Puigdemont extradition to Spain
Berlin, (MILLAT ONLINE):German prosecutors on Tuesday asked a court to order the extradition of Catalonia’s ousted
president Carles Puigdemont on a rebellion charge following his arrest in Germany last month.
The request comes after protests by independence supporters at the weekend in
Berlin and Catalonia calling for Puigdemont’s immediate release.
“The prosecutor’s office of Schleswig-Holstein state applied for an extradition arrest
warrant against former Catalonian regional president Carles Puigdemont from the superior
regional court,” it said in a statement.
It was not immediately clear when the court would rule on Puigdemont’s possible
extradition.
Puigdemont was arrested by German police on March 25 as he was travelling
from Finland back to Belgium, where he has been living in self-imposed exile since Catalonia’s
failed independence bid last October.
The detention came two days after a Spanish judge issued European arrest warrants
for Puigdemont and other fugitive separatist leaders.