There is not a sound when a small man, bald head and graying eyebrows, enters the specially composed assize court this Friday. Walking between the benches of the numerous civil parties, he advances to the bar, clings to the desk and then confirms his identity: “
Azdyne Amimour, retired, 74 years old.
The first witness of the day is the father of one of the three suicide bombers of the Bataclan. From his hearing, the court and the victims have high hopes. Since the attacks, the man has made himself known by the publication of a book,
We still have the words
, co-written with Georges Salines, father of a Bataclan victim.
But during nearly four hours of hearing, the retiree could not provide the expected answers.
In an approximate account, he appeared as a helpless father in the face of the fall of his “
wise and intelligent
”
child who had
become a torturer in Syria and then a member of the November 13th commando.
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