Poland to extradite MP3 suspect

Joe Van Holsbeeck was stabbed five times in the chest

A Polish court has ruled a youth can be extradited to Belgium to be tried over the killing of a teenager who refused to give thieves his MP3 player.

But the court in Warsaw said the 17-year-old must serve his sentence in Poland if found guilty.

The murder of Joe Van Holsbeeck, 17, at Brussels central station on 12 April shocked Belgium and brought 80,000 protesters onto the streets.

Another suspect, a Polish-born youth of 16, was arrested in Brussels.

The arrests at the end of April came after a joint operation between Belgian and Polish police.

Belgians shocked

Joe Van Holsbeeck was with a friend at the station during evening rush-hour when he was stabbed five times in the chest after refusing to hand over his digital music player.

The case became the talk of Belgium and led to the mass demonstration against urban violence.

Police used CCTV images to track down the attackers.

They arrested the 16-year-old Polish youth in Belgium soon afterwards. The 17-year-old was arrested in north-eastern Poland on 27 April.