At the trial of the November 13, 2015 attacks, Salah Abdeslam continued to try to minimize his involvement in the attacks. This Thursday, he again said that he had given up on blowing himself up in a bar in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, and had only been made aware of the attacks on the evening of November 11. A version that convinced neither the prosecution nor the civil parties.
With our sent to the special assize court of Paris, Marina of La Moissonniere
“ I assume my responsibilities. I want to say what I did but also what I didn’t do. »
In a calm voice, Salah Abdeslam delivers the same story as Wednesday, April 13. The Frenchman seems careful not to make any mistakes. He no longer brandishes the banner of IS, as at the start of the trial, without denying his convictions. He also repeats that he adheres to the theses of the terrorist group.
The Advocates General informed him of their doubts about his version of the facts. A version “ astonishing, incoherent, incongruous “. However, they do not seek to upset him because whether he activated his belt in a cafe – or elsewhere – and it didn’t work or he gave up on blowing himself up, explains Nicolas Braconnay, “ it matters to you, not to the prosecution. »
Faced with his inconsistencies, Salah Abdeslam ends up skidding. As he expresses his compassion towards the victims, he explains that those who testified emerged stronger, more cultured and more sensitive from these ordeals. ” They have acquired qualities that cannot be bought in a supermarket. he says. Murmurs on the benches of the civil parties. Some leave the room.
Salah Abdeslam continues: notDon’t let resentment eat you up inside » ; “Vou have the opportunity to forgive and give me the chance to find my family, the people I cherish “. “ Never ! shouts a man.
The interrogation of Salah Abdeslam, the last for him continues this Friday, April 15 with the final questions of the lawyers of the civil parties and those of the defense.