Catalan ex-President Turns Himself in to Belgian Police
Catalan ex-president Carles Puigdemont and four other former regional ministers turned themselves in Sunday to police in Brussels, Belgian state broadcaster VRT said.
VRT said all five had arrived at the Brussels prosecutor's office.
The prosecutor is due to make a statement about a European arrest warrant issued for Puigdemont and the other four as Spain seeks their return for an investigation related to Catalonia's independence bid.
They had fled to Belgium this week after being removed from power by Spanish authorities as part of an extraordinary crackdown to impede the region's illegal declaration of independence.
Federal prosecutors in Belgium had said on Saturday that they were studying the warrants and that they had shared them with city counterparts in Brussels.
Source: Associated Press
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