(AFP) A teenage girl who lost both her legs in a 2016 Brussels suicide bombing, and fought back to become a Paralympian, was the first victim to testify on Monday at the trial of those accused of plotting or aiding the attacks.
French-American equestrian Beatrice Lasnier de Lavalette, 24, now uses a wheelchair after surviving a coma, months in intensive care, 30 operations and skin transplants on her legs, hands, and shoulders.
Aged 17 on March 22, 2016, she was getting ready to board a flight to visit her family across the Atlantic when a double suicide attack tore through the departures hall.
The blast killed 16 people, a death toll that was set to double an hour later when another explosion hit the Brussels metro.
