Covid-19: the trial of the November 13 attacks suspended for a week

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View of the interior of the Court of Assizes in Paris, September 8, 2021. (Illustrative image) AP - Michel Euler

By: Laura Martel

The Covid-19 is also disrupting justice, and in particular the trial of the November 13 attacks.

After a first postponement following the illness of Salah Abdeslam, the recovery lasted only four days.

The president announced on Tuesday a new postponement of one week: another accused, Ali El Haddad Asufi, tested positive in turn.

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These repeated delays worry the parties, in a trial already scheduled to last nine months and which had just entered a crucial phase: the interrogation of the accused.

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