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Osama (Ossama) Krayem

Legal

The unsolved mystery of who supplied the Kalashnikovs used by the Paris killers

March 9, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Tuesday was an unsatisfactory day at the Special Criminal Court in Paris, where those suspected of involvement in the November 2015 terrorist attacks are being tried. The Belgian police investigation has never identified the source of the weapons used in […]

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 […]

Health & Medicine

Complex calendar at Paris attacks trial again disrupted by Covid

February 22, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) The Paris trial of 20 men accused of involvement or complicity in the November 2015 attacks which cost 131 people their lives has again been adjourned for a week following positive coronavirus tests among the prisoners. Hearings are now scheduled […]

Legal

Second man accused of complicity in Paris attacks invokes right to silence

January 27, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) A second of the 14 men accused of complicity in the November 2015 terrorist attacks has told the special criminal court that he will no longer make statements or answer questions. “I have already been condemned for something I did […]

Legal

Paris attacks suspect returns to the box but keeps vow of silence

January 14, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Osama Krayem, one of the accused in the Paris attacks trial, on Thursday refused to make any statement or answer questions on his religious convictions and his engagement with Islamic State in Syria. One witness did speak, glowingly, on his […]

Health & Medicine

Chaos in Paris attacks court as angry Covid debate forces delays

January 7, 2022 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) A second attempt was made to re-open the Paris November 2015 terror trial on Thursday. The Tuesday session had to be abandoned because one of the accused, Salah Abdeslam, had tested positive for Covid. Two days later it took six […]

Law Enforcement

Paris attacks accused suspends boycott to hear about himself

December 2, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) Wednesday, the 52nd day of the trial of 20 men suspected of involvement in the November 2015 Paris massacres, was devoted to Belgian police evidence, relaid by videolink from the office of the attorney general in Brussels. Four of the […]

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

Personalities of Islamic State’s international brigade paraded before French court

November 5, 2021 Michael Fitzpatrick  

(Radio France) The parade of personalities continues at the special criminal court in Paris, with four more suspects … Adel [Haddadi], Mohammed [Amri], Muhammed Usman and Osama Krayem … describing their family and personal backgrounds in Algeria, Belgium, Pakistan and Sweden. For […]

News: Europe

Sweden faces rising extremist threat linked to overseas terrorism groups Swedish police this week arrested two women linked to ISIS

September 7, 2021 Nicky Harley  

(National-UAE) Sweden faces a rising threat from extremist groups because of radicalisation and financing by overseas terrorist groups, a report has said. The report’s publication came as police in Sweden arrested two women on Monday, on suspicion of links to ISIS, after […]

Law Enforcement

Jihadist wanted by Spain found in infamous Brussels no-go zone

July 25, 2021 Chris Tomlinson  

(Breitbart) A jihadist wanted by Spain on a European arrest warrant (EAW) has been apprehended by Belgian police in the no-go zone of Molenbeek, Brussels, a notorious hotbed of radical Islamist activity. The 22-year-old jihadist had previously been sentenced to two years […]

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

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

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

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, […]

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 […]

Children & Teens

Terror expert warns Sweden against repatriating Syria jihadists

February 18, 2019 Unlisted Author  

(Local) A Swedish terror expert on Monday warned Sweden against heeding US President Donald Trump’s call to repatriate Swedish Isis fighters captured in Syria, saying the jihadists — along with their wives and children — could pose significant security threats to the Nordic country […]

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