The only surviving suspect in the 2015 Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, defied Belgian judges today and said he put his "trust in Allah" on the opening day of his trial for a shootout that led to his capture. The 28-year-old, who was transferred under heavy security from a jail near the French capital overnight for the trial, refused to answer questions about the gunbattle in Brussels or stand for the court. "I put my trust in Allah and that's all." Abdeslam's arrest ended four months on the run as Europe's most wanted man following the November 2015 Paris attacks that killed 130 people, and in which his brother Brahim carried out a suicide bombing. Police officers wearing body armour and black balaclavas with eye- and mouth-holes stood guard next to them as the trial started.

Source: dna February 05, 2018 17:03 UTC