Chilling countdown as Belgian terror investigators describe ‘convoy of death’

(Radio France) At the special criminal court in Paris, where those suspected of complicity in the November 2015 terrorist attacks are being tried, police on Thursday described the hours leading up to the atrocities that cost 131 people their lives.

There were very few people present in court to hear a Belgian policewoman describe the final preparations made by the Paris killers.

Thursday was the 98th day of this trial.

On 9 November 2015, we were told, the Abdeslam brothers, Salah and Brahim, rented three cars. They took no precautions to conceal their identities, using their own ID cards and driving licences.

Two days later, someone in the terrorist group activated 14 mobile telephone lines, eight to be used by the attackers, six for the coordinators who remained behind in Brussels.

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