Suspected Paris attack accomplices go on trial in Belgium over 2015 killing spree
- Proceedings began under high security at Nato’s former headquarters and are expected to last until May 20, with a verdict likely to take several more weeks
- The hearings are happening in parallel with a trial in France of 20 suspects charged in connection with the same deadly incidents
Belgium on Tuesday opened a trial of 14 people alleged to have assisted jihadists who carried out deadly bomb and gun attacks in Paris in 2015.
Proceedings began under high security in Nato’s former headquarters and are expected to last until May 20, with a verdict likely to take several more weeks.
The hearings are happening in parallel with a trial in Paris of 20 suspects charged in France in connection with the same killing spree. That trial opened in September and is expected to run until the end of June.
The November 2015 Paris attacks saw 130 people killed, with the Islamic State group claiming responsibility.
Assailants set off suicide belts outside the Stade de France stadium, as a group of gunmen in a car cut down people outside restaurants and bars. Three jihadists then killed 90 people attending a performance at Paris’s popular Bataclan music venue.
