![]() ![]() ![]() One of the defendants was thought to have been killed in a drone attack in Syria but was tried, and found guilty, in absentia.Īlso convicted was Mohamed Abrini, a childhood friend of Abdeslam and a Brussels native who walked away from the airport after his explosives failed to detonate. Security was tight as the seven defendants who appeared in court were walked by the arm, one by one, into the defendants’ box, by armed officers wearing balaclavas and bright pink armbands. The verdicts were delivered to a packed court built especially for the trial in the former Nato headquarters on the outskirts of Brussels. ![]() Photograph: Olivier Matthys/AFP/Getty Images Judge Laurence Massart announced the verdict in the Brussels terrorist attack trial in the Palace of Justice building in Brussels. “The silence was broken by the cries for help, a contrast with the total joy of a few moments before,” the judge said.Īt Maelbeek metro station a second cell of suicide bombers turned the underground stop into an “underground hell” that victims had said they “would never forget”. The judge told how the explosions had ripped through the ceiling and torn apart suitcases, leaving an immediate aftermath of dust and an acrid smell. A third unexploded bomb was found on a trolley a few hours later. The judge described how two blasts had torn through the check-in area at the airport, killing 15 people, injuring hundreds of others and causing “untold chaos”. ![]()
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