A Belgian court ordered another month's detention pending a full trial on kidnapping charges for a suspect arrested for attempting to abduct a 12-year-old girl on a Brussels tram, the Crown Prosecutor's office said.
The ruling followed the formal charging of the alleged abductor and sets up a criminal case.
The male suspect is said to be known to police and was detained on Saturday after passengers held back a 12-year-old girl in apparent distress last Tuesday at the key city intersection of Lemonnier, near the Gare du Midi international rail hub.
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Prosecutors refused to say whether the man had any prior relation to the girl but confirmed the action followed the filing of a judicial complaint in the run-up to the arrest, Belga News Agency reported.
