Probe into 2015 Paris jihadist attacks wraps up

(AFP) French investigators have wrapped up their probe into the jihadist attacks that killed 130 people on a single day in Paris four years ago, prosecutors said Monday, paving the way for trial.

Prosecutors will now have a month to present their case to judges who will then set a date for a trial, though it could still be at least a year away.

“This is good news,” said Jean Reinhart, a lawyer for dozens of the victims.

“It’s something we’ve eagerly been waiting for to help establish the truth” of how the gunmen and suicide bombers planned and carried out the attacks.

Fourteen people have been charged over the November 13, 2015, attacks in which nine men armed with assault rifles and explosives struck outside the national stadium during a France-Germany football match, and later at streetside cafes and the Bataclan concert hall.

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