Breaking: Salah Abdeslam found guilty of murder in Paris terror attacks trial
At long last, the fate of Salah Abdeslam has been decided: he has been found guilty of terrorism and murder charges by a criminal court.
The historic trial in Paris of 20 men suspected of critical roles in the IS massacres that killed 130 people on November 13, 2015, addressed the violence in the Bataclan theatre, Paris cafes and the national stadium — France’s deadliest peacetime attack. France changed after the attacks: authorities declared a state of emergency and armed officers now constantly patrol public spaces. The violence sparked soul-searching among the French and Europeans, since most of the attackers were born and raised in France or Belgium. And they transformed forever the lives of all those who suffered losses or bore witness.
Abdeslam, a 32-year-old Belgian with Moroccan roots, was the only defendant tried on several counts of murder and kidnapping as a member of a terrorist organisation.The sentence sought for Abdeslam of life in prison without parole has only been pronounced four times in France — for crimes related to rape and murder of minors.
This courtroom sketch shows key defendant Salah Abdeslam, at left and in black at centre, with court president Jean-Louis Peries, right, in the special courtroom built for the 2015 attacks trial.Some defendants, including Abdeslam, said innocent civilians were targeted because of France’s policies in the Middle East and hundreds of civilian deaths in Western airstrikes in Syria and Iraq on Islamic State fighters.
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