Brussels terror trial resumes with background witnesses, followed by victims

February 27, 2023   

(Brussels Times) The trial of the 2016 Brussels terrorist attacks will enter a new phase on Monday after a week-long break in hearings. During the first week back, the first hearings of background witnesses will be followed by the first testimony of victims.

Last week, there was a break in hearings due to the Carnival holidays. On Monday, the trial of the attacks, which took place at Maelbeek station and Zaventem airport on 22 March 2016 and saw 32 people being killed by three suicide bombers and left hundreds injured, will resume.

The hearings in the court of assizes will start with speeches by a professor specialising in Sunni Islam and Syria, a psychiatrist and criminologists from UCLouvain and the French-speaking Free University of Brussels (ULB).

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