“We would like to ask you if…”
, sighs the president from time to time for Osama Krayem. But the Swedish jihadist had warned last week: he will not answer any questions because the outcome of the trial would be decided in advance. Jean-Louis Périès, fatalist, does not take much trouble to try to make him change his mind and retraces the course of the silent in the form of a monologue. Mr. Krayem, 29, is the one of the fourteen defendants who presents the most disturbing profile. He faces life imprisonment for his alleged involvement in the organization of the attacks of November 13, 2015. Another trial awaits him in Brussels for his supposed role in the March 2016 killings in Belgium. Finally, he could eventually be prosecuted in his native country for crimes against humanity.
According to the prosecution, Osama Krayem, who joined Syria in August 2014, apparently rose through the ranks within the Islamic State at lightning speed.
Fighting in an elite unit, he does…
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