PARIS: The first trial stemming from the November 2015 Paris terror attacks opened Wednesday with suspect Jawad Bendaoud in the dock, accused of harbouring two of the militants in the aftermath of the carnage. Bendaoud rented his apartment north of the capital to Abdelhamid Abaaoud ? a senior Islamic State militant suspected of coordinating the attacks that killed 130 people ? and his accomplice Chakib Akrouh. The 31-year-old drug dealer and landlord became a national laughing stock after a television interview in which he came across as clueless, insisting ?I didn´t know they were terrorists? as police raided the hideout. It provided a rare reason to laugh after the deadliest attacks in France since World War II, spawning endless parodies on the internet mocking his apparent naivety.
01-25-2018, 10:10 PM
?Daesh landlord? in the dock in first Paris attacks trial
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