Paris | At the start of the trial in Paris on Wednesday, Salah Abdeslam, the main culprit in the November 13, 2015 attacks investigation, said, “We attacked France.
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“The goal is not to stab the wound, but to be honest,” he said in a calm tone, promising that the attacks were in response to “the Islamic State’s French bombing.”
The head of the special sub-court provided the site for each of the 14 defendants to have an “arbitrary statement” and a “summary” of the charges against them.
There was a leading silence in the large courtroom as the accused took turns talking on the microphone.
Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving member of the commandos who killed 130 people and wounded hundreds in Saint-Denis and Paris, spoke last.
“Hello everyone. Where to start?”
The black mask trimmed his beard, dark T-shirt and dark robbery jacket on his back, and Salah Abdeslam spoke for about five minutes, “terrorists, jihadists, extremists” We were in the audience true “Muslims”. “This is true Islam,” he argued.
“Franடிois Hollande said that we fought with France because of France’s values, but that was a lie,” he said, accusing the Islamic State of “bombing French planes on men, women and children.” “Franுவாois Hollande was aware of the dangers of attacking the Islamic State in Syria,” he continued.
“To be honest, it’s often said that I’m provocative, but it’s not true, I just want to be honest,” said Salah Abdeslam, 32, this Wednesday. “
On the benches of the civil parties, some began to cry, others supported each other, and others were still prostrate.
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