(AFP) An alleged French jihadist accused of returning from Syria and shooting dead four people in an attack on the Jewish Museum of Belgium in central Brussels appeared in court Thursday.
Mehdi Nemmouche, allegedly the first foreign fighter to return to stage [an] attack on European soil, is charged with “terrorist murder” in the May 24, 2014, attack.
Appearing at a first pre-trial hearing, he tried and failed to have the testimony of his friends and family ruled [inadmissible], and his lawyer said he would protest his innocence.
Since the museum murders there have been attacks in both France and Belgium by militants connected to or inspired by movements like the Islamic State group.
