France 24: Marathon trial begins over November 2015 Paris jihadist attacks
The biggest trial in modern French history opens on Wednesday, with 20 suspects charged in the November 2015 Paris attacks in which 130 people were killed and hundreds more injured, with an expected nine months of hearings set to reopen still raw wounds.
The suicide bombing and gun assault by three teams of jihadists on bars, restaurants, le Stade de France and the Bataclan music venue – planned in Syria and later claimed by the Islamic State group – was the worst postwar atrocity on French territory.
The only surviving attacker, Salah Abdeslam, arrived to stand in the dock with 13 other defendants at a purpose-built facility in central Paris. Six others are being tried in absentia.
Twelve of the 20 people on trial, including Abdeslam, face life sentences if convicted.
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20 men go on trial for 2015 Paris terrorist attacks that killed 130 -- UPI
Main suspect tells Paris attacks trial he's 'an Islamic State soldier' -- CNN
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