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Mohamed Abrini

Legal

DNA, TATP and other mysterious codes add confusion to Paris terror trial

March 10, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) On Wednesday, the trial of those suspected of involvement in the November 2015 terrorist attacks heard from a police investigator, from a DNA expert, and from a friend of several of the accused. The evidence was frequently intimidating, not to […]

Law Enforcement

Paris defence lawyers attack Belgian police evidence as ‘confused approximation’

March 3, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) The second day of Belgian police evidence at the Paris terror trial was very similar to Tuesday’s opening of this chapter on the preparations for the attacks, especially in the combination of DNA evidence suggesting the presence of several of […]

Law Enforcement

Wigs, DNA and a sewing machine: The crucial evidence the Paris killers left behind

March 2, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) After an unscheduled two-week break provoked by cases of Covid-19 among the 14 accused, the Paris terror trial resumed on Tuesday with Belgian police evidence on the preliminary planning for the attacks — the efforts by the terrorists and their […]

Legal

Epic Paris terror trial reaches half-way stage with more questions than answers

February 26, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Despite the ravages provoked by Covid-19, which have already led to three weeks of suspensions, the Paris terror trial has reached the end of its second major stage: the examination of the activities and religious attitudes of the accused up […]

Legal

A good man surrounded by ‘barbarians, mentally ill psychopaths’

February 5, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Abdellah Chouaa is suspected of having helped with the preparation of the November 2015 Paris terrorist attacks which cost 131 people their lives. He risks 20 years in prison if convicted. On Friday he gave evidence about himself, and about […]

Legal

Paris attacks accused Mohamed Abrini shrugs off damning evidence

January 13, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Wednesday’s testimony from Mohamed Abrini, who is charged with complicity in the Paris attacks, focused on the suspect’s 2015 journey from Belgium to the Islamic State heartland in Syria, and his return via London, Birmingham, Manchester and Paris. According to […]

Legal

Paris attacks suspect refuses to condemn killers, sympathises with victims, families

January 12, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) On Tuesday, the Covid-disrupted Paris terror trial resumed with evidence from Mohamed Abrini, one of the accused, on his religious convictions and his decision to join the ranks of Islamic State in Syria. Mohamed Abrini is a contradictory individual. He […]

Legal

First suspect takes stand in Paris attacks trial

January 11, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) The main defendant in France’s marathon trial for the November 2015 Paris attacks was back in the dock Tuesday, as the questioning of suspects resumed following a weeks-long Covid delay. Salah Abdeslam is the only survivor among the 10 assailants who […]

Legal

Dope, drinks and dangerous propaganda: A glimpse inside the Abdeslam brothers’ café

December 17, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Only two of the three witnesses called on Thursday actually gave evidence. Both were associates of the Abdeslam brothers at their café in Brussels. Both spoke by videolink from the federal police building in the Belgian capital. Neither had much […]

Legal

This week in court: Families of terrorists follow Belgian police in search for answers

December 12, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) There was another shift in the atmosphere at the special criminal court in Paris this week. The televised evidence from anonymous Belgian police investigators came to an end, and real witnesses once again appeared at the bar. They were no […]

Legal

The Abaaoud family, collateral victims of the violence of a terrorist son

December 10, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) At the Paris terror trial, the Belgian police on Thursday finally came to the end of this phase of their evidence, leaving the bar to [family] members of the dead terrorists, and other accused who are prepared to testify. The […]

Law Enforcement

Court probes the backgrounds of two minor Paris attacks players

December 9, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Wednesday’s session of the Paris terror trial was devoted to Belgian police evidence on the backgrounds of Abdellah Chouaa and Ali Oulkadi, two of the accused who are not in police custody and who sit near, but not inside, the […]

Law Enforcement

Belgian police testimony on terror suspect leaves crucial questions unanswered

December 1, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) The Paris attacks trial resumed on Tuesday with police evidence from Brussels on the background and Syrian activities of Mohamed Abrini. Abrini did not hear what was said about him, since he is one of five accused who continue to […]

Law Enforcement

This week in court: Austrian arrests, Belgian blunders and missing prisoners

November 28, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) The Paris special criminal court, where 20 men are being tried for their alleged participation in the November 2015 terrorist attacks in the French capital, this week heard evidence from an Austrian policeman in person, and from Belgian policemen via […]

Law Enforcement

Belgian police on defensive as Paris court unites to condemn ‘lack of cooperation’

November 27, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) The official aim of Friday’s session of the Paris attacks trial was to hear evidence from Belgian police investigators on the backgrounds of two of the dead terrorists and one other suspect. The hearing was, however, marked by the refusal […]

Law Enforcement

4 alleged Paris attackers protest over evidence from Belgium investigators

November 26, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Four of the 14 men normally present in the courtroom at the Paris attacks trial in the central Paris Palais de Justice on Thursday refused to take their places in the box for the accused. Their legal teams explained that […]

Legal

Stable family backgrounds, minor criminal careers: Histories of the Paris attacks accused

November 4, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Mohamed Abrini, Yassine [Atar], Hamza Attou, Mohamed Bakkali, Sofien Ayari and Abdellah Chouaa … those accused of involvement in the November 2015 Paris attacks continue to give evidence about their personal backgrounds, a litany of small-scale crime and human tragedy. […]

Legal

Suspects in Paris attacks on stand after victims’ testimony

November 2, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(AP) The lone survivor of the cell of Islamic State group extremists who attacked Paris in November 2015 came under public questioning Tuesday for the first time in France, describing a close family life and his neighborhood acquaintance with many of the […]

Legal

Paris attack survivors await start of France’s biggest ever criminal trial (LINK ONLY)

September 3, 2021 EoI News  

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Legal

Belgium sends suspect to France for Paris attack trial

July 1, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Belgium on Thursday transferred suspect Mohamed Abrini to France to stand trial in September among 14 people accused of involvement in the 2015 Paris attacks, sources close to the case said. Abrini — known as the “man in the hat” from […]

Government & Politics

€5.9 million investment for mega-trial of 2016 terrorists

May 29, 2021 Alan Hope  

(Brussels Times) The government yesterday approved spending of €5.9 million on the Brussels justice service, to allow the organisation of the trial of the alleged terrorists involved in the 2016 terror attacks at Brussels Airport and the city metro. On 22 March […]

Legal

10 suspects face trial for involvement in Brussels terror attacks in 2016

April 4, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(Brussels Times) The Federal Prosecutor’s Office is sticking to its initial submissions regarding the suspects charged with involvement in the 2016 Brussels attacks that left 32 people dead, spokesman Eric Van der Sypt said on Sunday. Confirming information carried by La Dernière […]

Crime

2016 terrorists committed test murder in Brussels ‘to see how it felt to kill’

March 12, 2021 Alan Hope  

(Brussels Times) Two brothers who took part in the suicide bombings at Brussels Airport and Maelbeek metro in 2016 first carried out a random murder just to see what killing a human being would be like, according to investigation details revealed by […]

Legal

10 suspects of Brussels terror attacks referred to Assizes court

January 5, 2021 Jason Spinks  

(Brussels Times) Ten of the thirteen suspects of the Brussels attacks of 22 March 2016 will be referred to the Court of Assizes, the Council Chamber of Brussels decided. The Court of Assizes deals with the most serious crimes. In this case, […]

Legal

Hearings over 22 March terrorist trial will end today

December 9, 2020 Alan Hope  

(Brussels Times) Hearings held to prepare for the mammoth trial of those accused of the March 2016 terrorist attacks are expected to end in Brussels today, earlier than expected. The hearings have been held in the new Justitia court site at the […]

Legal

Brussels terror attacks: Trial begins behind closed doors

December 7, 2020 Alan Hope  

(Brussels Times) Today sees the start of the trial of those accused of the terrorist attacks of 22 March 2016, which cost the lives of 32 people and injured 340 more. For the first time ever, the proceedings will take place in […]

Books

March 2016: Terrorists could count on ‘passive support’ of population

October 16, 2020 Alan Hope  

(Brussels Times) The terrorists who carried out the attacks at Brussels Airport and the Brussels metro in March 2016 were able to go about their business unhindered thanks to the “passive and active support” of many of the residents of the Brussels […]

Legal

Thirteen men named as main suspects of Brussels attacks

February 3, 2020 Gabriela Galindo  

(Brussels Times) Thirteen men have been named as the main suspects of the 2016 Brussels attacks, eight of whom will appear before Belgium’s highest criminal court. Federal prosecutors want to bring eight men before the Brussels court of assizes, all identified as […]

Legal

Relative of Belgium’s ‘executioner of Raqqa’ charged

January 8, 2020 Gabriela Galindo  

(Brussels Times) A relative of a Belgian jihadist said to be the “executioner of Raqqa” has been charged with financing terrorism after prosecutors found he had transferred funds suspected of ending up in the hands of one of the suspects of the […]

Legal

Three 2015 terror suspects to remain in custody for another two months

December 11, 2019 Oscar Schneider  

(Brussels Times) The Brussels Council Chamber on Wednesday extended the preventive detention of Osama Krayem (also spelled Ossama Krayem), Monir Ahmed Alaaj aka Sofien Ayari, and Mohamed Abrini by two months, under the investigation into the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris, […]

Legal

Four individuals suspected for involvement in Brussels terror attacks to remain detained until 2020

October 31, 2019 Evie McCullough  

(Brussels Times) The pre-trial chamber of the Brussels court decided on Thursday that the preventive detention period of four individuals suspected of being involved in the Brussels terror attacks will be extended. The detention of the four individuals concerned will be extended […]

Legal

Cousin of Brussels terror suspect sentenced to prison on terror charges

October 18, 2019 Gabriela Galindo  

(Brussels Times) A family member of Mohamed Abrini, a key suspect in the Brussels and Paris terror attacks, has been convicted on terror charges and handed a suspended prison sentence. A criminal court in Liège handed Abrini’s cousin, an unidentified 24-year-old woman, […]

Legal

Paris attacks suspects’ pre-trial detention extended by Brussels council chamber

October 17, 2019 Maïthé Chini  

(Brussels Times) Four terrorist suspects have seen their pre-trial detention extended as part of the investigation into the 2015 Paris attacks, federal prosecutors announced on Thursday. In the context of the investigation related to the attacks in Paris on 13 November 2015, […]

News: Europe

ISIS fighter who beheaded more than 100 people while claiming benefits in UK captured (LINK ONLY)

August 30, 2019 EoI News  

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Legal

Paris attacks suspects’ provisional detention extended by Brussels council chamber

August 23, 2019 Gabriela Galindo  

(Brussels Times) Four terrorist suspects have seen their pre-trial detention extended by a Brussels trial court as part of the investigation into the 2015 Paris attacks, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Prosecutors said the council chamber of Brussels ordered the detention of Ossama […]

Legal

Paris attacks suspect charged over Brussels suicide bombings

August 12, 2019 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Salah Abdeslam, the sole surviving suspect in the November 2015 Paris attacks, has been formally charged in connection with the Brussels suicide bombings months later, federal prosecutors said Monday. Abdeslam was charged with “participating in the activities of a terrorist group,” […]

Legal

Trial for 2016 Brussels suicide bombings set for 2020

July 12, 2019 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Suspects charged in connection with the 2016 Brussels suicide bombings will be tried next year in the former NATO headquarters in the city, Justice Minister Koen Geens said Friday. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attacks that killed 32 […]

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