(Brussels Times) One of the accused in the trial of the 22 March 2016 terror attacks in Brussels, Salah Abdeslam, stated that he would remain in his cell until the verdict is passed following an earlier complaint in which he claimed he was punched in the face by a police officer.
At the request of the defence, the trial now starts with a daily check of whether those on trial had to undergo a strip search before being transferred to court, following the earlier controversy about such searches.
When it was his turn, Abdeslam replied that he has been pointing out that the police treat him badly when he is transferred “since the beginning of the trial” but that “unfortunately, he is not being heard.”
