(Radio France) This week’s hearings were the last chance for the 14 men accused in connection with the November 2015 Paris terrorist attacks to give their version of events. Some spoke, some chose the silence to which they are unconditionally entitled under French law. Principal suspect Salah Abdeslam surprised everyone by choosing to speak.
We’ve come a long way since 8 September 2021.
When this trial opened eight months ago, Salah Abdeslam let it be known that he was a soldier of Allah, a radical tough guy unprepared to recognise any justice other than that administered by Almighty God.
Abdeslam, now 32 years old, and the only one of the ten terrorist attackers still alive, strode into the special criminal court full of fight. On Friday, he sat down in tears.
