At the trial of the November 13 attacks, the escape and the last mysteries of Salah Abdeslam – Le Monde

Full to bursting for the interrogation – the silences – of Salah Abdeslam, Wednesday March 30, then the broadcast, Friday April 1, of the sound and images of the carnage of the Bataclan, the courtroom was brutally depopulated and there was no There were more people on Monday, April 4, to attend the swing of the trial of the attacks in the post-November 13. The special assize court in Paris immersed itself, for two weeks, in the final chapter of the investigation: the escape of several defendants in the hours and days following the attacks. It will still be necessary to hear the psychiatric and psychological experts, some civil parties on the waiting list since the fall, the indictment and the pleadings, and the court will be able to render its verdict, expected on June 24. Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers At the November 13 trial, the court broadcasts the first photos of the Bataclan and the soundtrack of the massacre What was Salah Abdeslam doing while Paris sank into horror on November 13, 2015? The interested party was to have the floor on this subject on Wednesday April 13, but no one hopes that he delivers the mysteries surrounding his schedule and his intentions that evening. On Monday, two investigators came to present what we know of the first hours of his flight, in France then in Belgium, from 9:59 p.m., the starting point of their presentations. At that time, three bombs had already exploded at the Stade de France, the terraces of the 10th and 11th arrondissements were devastated, the attack on the Bataclan began twelve minutes ago. Salah Abdeslam, after dropping off the suicide bombers at the stadium, parks his Clio in Place Albert-Kahn, in the 18th arrondissement, in the north of Paris. Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers Salah Abdeslam between silence and secrets at the November 13 trial Pending improbable answers “I gave up on engaging my seat belt”, he said on Wednesday, without any details, leaving the audience to their questions. When did he give up? By dropping off the terrorists at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis? So why not return to Belgium immediately instead of entering Paris? Why did you stop in the 18th arrondissement? Should we see a link with the message of claim of the Islamic State, which, the next day, will mention by mistake the 18th arrondissement among the places of the attacks? Salah Abdeslam, the only member of the commandos to have gone there, should he blow himself up there? A few hours after the attacks, says the investigator at the helm, he will explain to friends “that he entered a bar but seeing young people, he did not activate his belt”. While waiting for improbable answers from Salah Abdeslam, we are content to walk in the “world of hypotheses”, according to the formula of his lawyer, Martin Vettes. Should the Paris metro be targeted? This is suggested by the sub-folder titled “Metro Group”, inside the “November 13” folder housed on a computer of the terrorist cell. The person concerned himself told the investigators that he had taken line 4, close to the place where he had just parked the Clio, “for one or two stations”. You have 44.63% of this article left to read. The following is for subscribers only.