“I was wrong but I’m not a killer.” The maxi-trial for the attacks of 13 November 2015 ends with these last words. In the last hearing before the verdict expected on Wednesday, the fourteen defendants present had the opportunity to express themselves before the judges of the special assize court in the courtroom bunker built in the courthouse of the Ile-de-la-Cité, in the heart of Paris, “It’s true, I made mistakes, but I’m not a killer, I’m not a killer, if you convict me of murder, you would be doing an injustice “said Salah Abdeslam, the sole survivor of the jihadist commando who that night caused 130 deaths and 350 injuries.
“I am not a murderer”: Abdeslam’s last defense in the trial for the Bataclan attacks
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