Who are the six accused absent from the trial of the November 13 attacks?
On November 13, 2015, the attacks in Paris and Saint-Denis left 130 dead and more than 400 injured.
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They are 20 accused in total, to be referred to the special assize court.
Fourteen of them are in the hands of French or Belgian justice and will be present at the trial.
But the six other accused, absent, will be tried by default.
Five of them are presumed dead.
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Among the six absent, there is first of all Ahmad Alkhald.
For investigators, he is one of the main bombers of the Islamic State.
His DNA was found on several explosive belts.
He is presumed dead.
Another absent accused, Osama Attar, the mastermind of the November 13 attacks, a member of the intelligence services of the Islamic State.
He was reportedly killed by an airstrike in 2017 in the Iraqi-Syrian zone.
The Clain brothers, known to have read the message calling for the attacks, will also be absent.
Fabien and Jean-Michel Clain, two Toulouse residents, figures of the French jihad, were said to have been killed in 2019 by an airstrike in Syria.
Ahmed Dahmani, sentenced in Turkey
Also absent, the Belgian-Moroccan logistician Ahmed Dahmani.
Friend of Salah Abdeslam, he would have obtained the chemical necessary for the manufacture of explosives.
Sentenced to ten years in prison in Turkey, no agreement has been found to allow him to appear in France.
Finally, the last accused presumed dead is Obeida Aref Dibo.
He allegedly provided false Syrian passports to terrorists and organized several transits through Turkey.
►Also read: Testimony - Trial of November 13: meeting with the wives of the jihadist brothers Fabien and Jean-Michel Clain
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