Trial of 2015 Paris Terror Attackers Begins

9/8/21

Terrorism

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Twenty people linked to the November 2015 terrorist attacks in France went on trial in Paris Wednesday in proceedings expected to last nine months.

Six defendants are being charged in absentia. Reports say five of the six are presumed dead in Iraq or Syria. 

Nine Islamic State terrorists, mostly from France and Belgium, left a trail of horror in a multi-pronged attack at the national stadium, various bars and restaurants and at a concert at the Bataclan Theater. A total of 130 people were killed, 90 of them at the concert hall. At least 490 people were injured.

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