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  • The trial of the terrorist attacks of November 13, 2015 opens this Wednesday before the special assize court in Paris for nine months.

  • Twenty people, including Salah Abdeslam, are accused in this case but only fourteen will be tried in their presence.

  • A room has been specially built in the historic courthouse in Paris to host the “trial of the century”, where 1,700 civil parties and 300 lawyers are expected.

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Attacks of November 13: Who are the thirteen men tried alongside Salah Abdeslam?

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8:35 am: Who are the fourteen men on the dock? 

Salah Abdeslam, the only survivor of the commando des terraces, will be tried for "criminal terrorist association" and "murders in an organized group in connection with a terrorist enterprise".

He has been detained in France for nearly five years and placed in solitary confinement.

Of French, Belgian, Algerian, Swedish or Pakistani nationality, the thirteen other defendants present at the hearing are being prosecuted for their involvement - to varying degrees - in the preparation and commission of the attacks of 13 November 2015. The profile of the defendants in This article :

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Attacks of November 13: Who are the thirteen men tried alongside Salah Abdeslam?

8:25 a.m .: A trial for the story opens this Wednesday at 12:30 p.m.

The trial of 20 men, accused of having, to varying degrees, participated in the organization of the attacks of November 13, 2015, begins at 12:30 p.m. in Paris, before the specially composed Assize Court.

After an extraordinary investigation lasting several years, it must last nine months and determine the responsibilities in these terrorist attacks which claimed the lives of 130 people in Saint-Denis, on the Parisian terraces and at the Bataclan.

We take stock of this extraordinary audience in this article.

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The trial of the terrorist attacks of November 13, 2015 in Saint-Denis, at the Bataclan and on the Parisian terraces, opens this Wednesday at midday.

it that is to last nine months.

In total, twenty people, including Salah Abdeslam, are referred to the special assize court in Paris.

We will follow together the first day of this historic trial. 

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