(Radio France) The Paris attacks trial continued on Thursday with Belgian police giving evidence on the terrorist career of Oussama Atar, mastermind of the November 2015 murders that cost 131 people their lives. Atar himself is presumed dead in a coalition air raid in Syria in 2017.
Tension remains high between the court in Paris and the witnesses in Brussels.
Several legal teams at the special criminal court have criticised the Belgian investigators for their refusal to testify in person. Brussels says anonymity is essential to protect the officers’ security.
Some in Paris think they are staying away to avoid being too harshly questioned on their supposed mishandling of key aspects of the Paris attacks case.
