(AFP) The only suspected assailant still alive after the terror attacks that rocked Paris in November 2015 claimed Wednesday he went back on a plan to blow himself up, as he took the stand for the first time in the trial over the jihadist massacres.
“I didn’t kill anyone, I didn’t hurt anyone … I didn’t cause even a scratch,” Salah Abdeslam told the court in an unprompted outburst before being questioned over the worst peacetime atrocity carried out on French soil, which saw 130 people killed.
Abdeslam, 32, reiterated his claim of belonging to the Islamic State group, saying he pledged allegiance to the group “48 hours before the attacks” — though later claiming he had pledged “without even knowing it.”
But he said the court was making a mistake in wanting to “make an example” of him by inflicting a potential life sentence.
