Biggest trial in France's modern history opens over November 2015 Paris attacks, that saw 130 people killed, with sole surviving assailant declaring allegiance to Daesh
Olivia Ronen, Salah Abdeslam's lawyer arrives for the start of the trial of the November 2015 Paris attacks' defendants, taking place in a temporary courtroom set up for the proceedings at the Palais de Justice of Paris on September 8, 2021.
The area around the court was blocked off on Wednesday and armed police with dogs were on patrol ahead of the proceedings that begin around 1100 GMT.'Entering the unknown' "These events are seared into our collective memory," Justice Minister Eric Dupont-Moretti told French TV, vowing that the trial would rise to the challenge.Surviving gunman Abdeslam, now 31, who was born in Belgium but has French and Moroccan nationality, fled the scene of the carnage after abandoning his suicide belt, which investigators later found to be defective.
Fourteen of the accused – who face charges ranging from providing logistical support to planning the attacks as well as weapons offences – are expected to be present in court.
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