China News Service, December 12, according to Agence France-Presse, on the 11th local time, people familiar with the matter and prosecutors stated that the trial of the 20 suspects in the serial terrorist attack in Paris in November 2015 will be held on September 8, 2021. The trial will be held at the Special Fellowship Court in Paris on March, and it is expected to last until the end of March 2022.
November 13, 2020 is the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attack in Paris. People mourned at the Bataclan Theater in Paris, one of the places where the terrorist attack occurred.
The terrorist attack in Paris on November 13, 2015 resulted in 130 deaths, of which 90 died at the Bataclan Theater.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Yang
On the evening of November 13, 2015, multiple terrorist groups launched a series of terrorist attacks on the Bataclan Theater in Paris, around the Stade de France and on the terraces of many restaurants, resulting in 130 deaths. Extremist organizations claimed responsibility.
Among the terrorists who carried out the attack, only the Moroccan French Salah Abdul-Salam survived.
He fled to Belgium overnight after committing the crime and was arrested in the Molenbeek district of Brussels on March 18, 2016.
On April 27 of that year, Salah was transferred to France by justice, and has been detained in Fleurie-Meroji Prison, more than 30 kilometers away from Paris.
It is reported that the number of defendants in this case has reached 20, and 14 people will appear in court, including Salah Abdul-Salam, the only surviving suspect in the terrorist attack.
According to reports, the trial will be an arduous task, with 110 days of hearings expected.