(Radio France) A second of the 14 men accused of complicity in the November 2015 terrorist attacks has told the special criminal court that he will no longer make statements or answer questions. “I have already been condemned for something I did not do. I am not well. Whatever I say, it goes against me.”
Mohamed Bakkali has already been found guilty in the Thalys affair. He was accused of having driven two terrorists — Ayoub El Khazzani, who opened fire in the high-speed train linking Paris and Amsterdam in August 2015, and [Abdelhamid] Abaaoud, the organiser of a series of murderous attacks planned by Islamic State — across Europe on their way back from Syria.
Mohamed Bakkali has consistently denied any involvement in the Thalys attack, and has appealed against the 25-year prison sentence handed down.
