(Brussels Times) Mehdi Nemmouche, the man accused of carrying out the attack on the Jewish Museum in Brussels in which four people died in May 2014, spoke briefly at his trial in Brussels yesterday, as we report elsewhere, and then took a vow of silence. But his legal counsel went on to lay out five main points they will use to argue his innocence.
The defence are understood to be willing to argue for an acquittal, based on the following points:
There were no fingerprints or DNA prints from Nemmouche found on the museum door, despite the fact that security camera footage clearly shows the shooter opening the door.
No prints on the trigger of the handgun. It is known that the handgun carried by the shooter was used to kill three of the four victims in the attack, yet the trigger shows no DNA traces.
