Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam's lawyer asked on Wednesday for his client's trial in Belgium to be postponed from next week's opening, a source close to the investigation told AFP.

The request by lawyer Sven Mary for Abdeslam, who is due to stand trial on Monday over a 2016 shootout in Brussels that led to his capture, "logically should be accepted", the source said on condition of anonymity.

source: AFP