The main accused maintained that he had to be exploded in a bar of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, but that he had “renounced” on the spot, at the sight of the young people present, who looked like and had fun.
Le Monde with AFP
Salah Abdeslam, the only member still alive of the attacks that made 130 deaths in Paris and Saint-Denis, presented on Friday, April 15 his “apologies” to the victims and paid a few tears at the end of his last examination at the trial Attacks of 13-November. “I want to present my condolences and apologies to all the victims,” said 32-year-old French, tears on the cheeks:
“I know that hatred remains (…), I ask you today to hate me with moderation (…) I ask you to forgive me.”
The ultimate interrogation of Salah Abdeslam had started Wednesday early evening in front of the Paris Special Assize Court and continued on Thursday. He ended up Friday afternoon with his defense questions.
The main accused maintained throughout these three days that he had to be exploded in a bar of the Paris , but had “renounced” on the spot, to the sight Young people present on the spot, who looked like and had fun. “Do you regret not having the” courage “to go to the end?”, Asked him one of his lawyers, Olivia Ronen. “I do not regret, I did not kill those people and I’m not dead,” he answered, “I’m saying … if they knew next to what they went …”. ” P>
“This story of 13-November has written with the blood of victims”
It’s by evoking his mother’s suffering that he started crying. “I would like to say today that this history of 13-November has written with the blood of the victims. It is their story, and I have been part of it. They are related to me and I am linked to them “, continued Salah Abdeslam, the trembling voice, before apologizing.
He also asked the three accused judged to have helped him in his flight, after the attacks, to “forgive”. “I did not want [the] to train there.” One of them, who appears free, will then leave the room with eyes filled with tears.
“I know it’s not going to heal you, concluded Salah Abdeslam, black beard necklace, gray sweatshirt on the back, but if it can do you good, if I could do good to one Victims, then for me it’s a victory. “” That’s all I have to say, “he then launched his lawyer. The President, Jean-Louis Rirees, suspended the hearing. She will resume with the interrogation of other accused.