Belgian prosecutors won’t appeal verdicts in Paris attacks case

(AFP) Belgian prosecutors said Tuesday they would not appeal the verdicts in the cases of 14 Belgium-based suspects accused of providing support for the November 2015 jihadist attacks in Paris.

The decision confirms the judgements in the Belgian trial, running in parallel to French cases, despite four acquittals and the sentences of those convicted falling short of those requested by prosecutors.

“The federal prosecutor’s office has decided not to appeal, the judgement is definitive,” spokesman Eric Van Duyse told AFP.

More than 130 people were killed in the 2015 bomb and gun attacks on Parisian crowds outside a football stadium, in bars and a nightclub.

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