At the request of the defense lawyers, the president of the Special Assize Court gave the floor to the defendants on Wednesday before addressing the first findings of the investigators.
"We attacked France, targeted the population, civilians, but there was nothing personal", declared on this occasion Salah Abdeslam, main accused of the trial of the attacks of November 13, 2015, at the opening of the meeting. audience in Paris.
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"The goal is not to stir the knife in the wound but to be sincere," he added in a calm tone, assuring that the attacks were a response to "French bombing of the Islamic State" .
"The French planes which bomb the Islamic State do not distinguish between man, woman and children", continued Abdeslam, affirming to have wanted "to make France undergo the same pain that we undergo".
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