Trial of the November 13 attacks: no new light on weapons

The Paris court in the 17th arrondissement (illustration image).

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The trial of the attacks of November 13, 2015 continues before the special assize court of Paris.

As the day before, the court continues to be interested in the Kalashnikovs of the terrorist cell, weapons of war used by the commando of the Parisian terraces and that of the Bataclan to sow death.

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With our special correspondent at the Paris courthouse,

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 ," begins Me Jonathan De Taye.

The witness of the day introduces himself as a Dutch businessman.

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 ,” translates the interpreter.

In one question, the Belgian lawyer deals a hell of a blow to the prosecution.

The day before, the Belgian investigator in charge of this component had presented to the court the bundles of clues which led her to suspect the accused, Ali El Haddad Asufi, of having sought to obtain machine guns from the Netherlands. Low.

The most convincing is a stay in Rotterdam and a suspicious stop near the witness's home.

But he swears that he never met the person concerned.

His son might have had more to say.

After all, we found his phone number in the cell phone of

, sentenced in 2016 to 24 years in prison after the discovery of a real arsenal at his home in the Paris suburbs.

Problem, the son either was not interviewed by the police and he did not respond to his summons by the court.

The mystery of the Kalashnikovs remains intact.

►Also read: Trial of the November 13 attacks: on the trail of the Kalashnikovs

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