Suspects of 2016 Brussels airport attacks sentenced
The Special Assize Court in Brussels has convicted eight suspects in the 2016 terrorist attacks on the Belgian capital, which left 32 people dead.
The Special Assize Court in Brussels has convicted eight suspects in the 2016 terrorist attacks on the Belgian capital, which left 32 people dead.
Alleged co-perpetrator of the attacks, Salah Abdeslam, who turned 34 on Friday, was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
The sole survivor of the commandos who attacked Paris on November 13, 2015, killing 130 people, Abdeslam is a French citizen who grew up in Brussels. He was sentenced in June 2022 in France to life imprisonment for his participation in the attacks.
In addition to Abdeslam, among the accused are Mohamed Abrini, “the man in the hat” who accompanied the two jihadists who died in the suicide bombers at Brussels-Zaventem airport, as well as Oussama Krayem, Ali El Haddad Asufi, Bilal El Makhoukhi and Osama. Atar.
The latter, an emir of the Islamic State group who led the jihadist cell, was tried in absentia because he is presumed to have died in Syria in 2017.
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