Salah Abeslam, the only survivor from the group that carried out simultaneous attacks in Paris in 2015, was found guilty in the case that concluded today.
Abdeslam, who was previously sentenced to 20 years in prison for shooting at the police in Belgium, was also convicted of “terrorism” and murder in the French case.
Only one of the 19 people on trial with Abeslam was acquitted.
Bars, restaurants, the national football stadium and the Bataclan concert hall were targeted, and 130 people were killed in the deadliest attacks on French soil outside of wartime.
Abdeslam introduced himself as an ISIS (DEAS) soldier at the beginning of the trial, but in his last statement this week, he apologized to those affected by the attacks, saying he had “changed” in the intervening time.
“It is true, I have made mistakes. But I am not a murderer. If you punish me, you will be unfair,” Abeslam said.
The sentences of the accused will be announced later.
Prosecutors had requested a life sentence for Abdeslam, which is rarely required in France.