Carles Puigdemont freed after arrest in Sardinia, says lawyer
by Sam Jones in Madrid and Angela Giuffrida in Rome from World news | The Guardian on (#5PXQ0)
Former Catalan leader free to travel but must attend extradition hearing on 4 October
The former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, who was detained in Sardinia on Thursday under an international arrest warrant issued by a Spanish court over his alleged role in the failed bid for regional independence, was released from custody on the Italian island late on Friday afternoon.
Puigdemont, now an MEP living in Belgium, could face extradition to Spain over his alleged involvement in the unilateral independence referendum and the subsequent unilateral declaration of independence in October 2017.
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