Abdullah Senussi to stand trial in Mauritania before any extradition

By Hadi Fornaji

Tripoli, 6 August

Mauritania’s president has said that Abdullah Al-Senussi, Qaddafi’s brother-in-law and former head of intelligence, must face charges of illegal entry before any extradition can be considered.

After several false reports of his whereabouts and even death, Senussi was arrested in March at Mauritania’s Nouakchott airport. He has been charged with using false documents and illegal entry into the country and will now stand trial there.

“Senussi has problems with Mauritania’s judiciary and has to face court for entering Mauritania under a false identity” said President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz during a local forum in the Mauritanian town of Atar, according to AFP. He added: “The passport Senussi used to enter Mauritania was not falsified, but it presents him as Malian and under a fake name, which is why he must undergo trial in Mauritania.”

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