A French jihadist appeared in court on Monday ahead of his trial for shooting dead four people at a Jewish museum in Brussels in 2014 following his return from Syria. He was caught in the southern French port city of Marseille after arriving on a bus from Brussels, carrying a handgun and an assault rifle. Bendrer was arrested in Marseille seven months after the Jewish Museum attack and charged as Nemmouche’s accomplice. The former hostages are expected to testify about Nemmouche’s character during the Brussels trial, despite the defence arguing that theirs is a separate case. Belgian Jewish leader Yohan Benizri told AFP he feared Nemmouche’s lawyers Sebastien Courtoy and Henri Laquay will try to “play down” the anti-Semitic nature of the museum attack.

Source: Egypt Independent January 07, 2019 10:52 UTC