(NL Times) A Rotterdam court acquitted 33-year-old Annas A. on Wednesday for his alleged role in the terrorist attacks in Paris in 2015. A., who is from Amsterdam, was suspected of being a middleman who helped supply weapons that were used in the attacks in 2015 in Paris, and also at the 2016 Brussels Airport bombing in Zaventem. The evidence against A. was insufficient, and not convincing enough to justify a conviction, the court ruled.
At the brief hearing it soon became apparent that a potential acquittal was in line with expectations. The Public Prosecution Service (OM) had already informed the court and the defense in advance that their office would request an acquittal. The court issued its ruling immediately.
