Defense lawyers for a Moroccan
national arrested in Italy for suspected involvement in Tunis'
Bardo Museum attack in March have asked he be granted release
from prison into house arrest, officials reported on Friday.
Lawyers for 22-year-old Abdel Majid Touil filed a motion
for his release, citing that there "is no flight risk" because
he came to Italy not to "escape" but to be reunited with his
family.
Touil was arrested earlier in the month on an international
warrant issued by Tunisia, where investigators say he
participated in the March 18 Bardo that killed 22 people. Touil
has repeatedly professed his innocence, telling a judge at the
extradition hearing that he had been living in Italy since
February.
Sources said he has been transferred from Milan's medium
security San Vittore prison to maximum security at the city's
outlying Opera penitentiary.
Touil's trial is scheduled for June 15.
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