Gwladys Laffitte 06h27, March 24, 2022
At the trial of the attacks of November 13, justice leaned on a computer filled with files related to Islamic terrorism.
An investigator from the Belgian federal police has detailed the content of these files which make it possible to understand how the terrorists organized the attacks.
On the 97th day of hearing of the trial of the November 13 attacks, Wednesday March 23, a Belgian investigator came to detail to the court the contents of a computer found in a trash can near a Belgian hideout, just after the Brussels attacks. in March 2016, perpetrated by the same jihadist cell.
An important piece of evidence, because in this computer, files undoubtedly correspond to the initial plan of the attacks.
Five subfolders
Inside this folder called "November 13", five sub-folders correspond to five groups: "Iraqis", like the suicide bombers at the Stade de France, "French", like the Bataclan killers, a photo of a concert hall s 'is there and the third, the group "Omar", as the nickname of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the ootireur of the terraces.
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The Bataclan target chosen six days before the attack
The two other groups particularly intrigue the investigators: "Schipol" first, like the Dutch airport where two defendants went on November 13 but nothing happened there.
And finally, the "Metro" group.
As the content of the files has not been recovered, the Belgian police officer can only formulate hypotheses: "Two defendants were blocked on the way back from Syria. Perhaps because there were fewer staff, they had to revamp the original project,” he says.
Only certainty: "On November 7, the file is created, so we have the date of the 13th, the Bataclan target is chosen six days before", summarizes the general counsel.
For the rest, only the defendants can still explain it.
They will be interviewed again next week.