(AFP) Prosecutors on Monday poured scorn on the “indecent” silence of a Frenchman accused of shooting dead four people at the Jewish museum in Brussels as they began their closing summary.
French national Mehdi Nemmouche, 33, could face life in prison if found guilty of the attack on May 24, 2014.
The prosecution said Nemmouche attacked the museum shortly after returning from Syria, where he had allegedly fought on behalf of jihadist groups, and rejected defence lawyers’ claims of a conspiracy against him.
Six days after the attack, he was arrested in the southern French port city of Marseille. Co-defendant Nacer Bendrer, a petty criminal from Marseille, is accused of supplying weapons.
