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Attacks in Aude: trial opens on January 22
The trial of the attacks in Aude opens Monday January 22 before the special assize court in Paris. Five of the seven defendants will be tried for criminal conspiracy in connection with a terrorist enterprise. A look back at the deadly day of March 23, 2018. – (France 2)
The trial of the attacks in Aude opens Monday January 22 before the special assize court in Paris. Five of the seven defendants will be tried for criminal conspiracy in connection with a terrorist enterprise. A look back at the deadly day of March 23, 2018.
On March 23, 2018, been a dark day in Carcassonne (Aude) and Trèbes (Aude). He was a little over 9am when Radouane Lakdim, an S offender, shot two men in a car. The driver was seriously injured in the head, and the 60-year-old passenger was the first to die that day. Aboard his victims’ car, the jihadist then crossed Carcassonne, and fired at CRS who were jogging. A police officer was seriously injured. HAS 10:39 a.m.the terrorist broke into a supermarket in Trebes. He killed an employee and a customer, before taking a checkout hostess hostage.
A network of logistical and ideological support
Arnaud Beltrame, one of the first gendarmes to intervene, offered the terrorist to take the place of the hostage. He initiated a negotiation which ended short. Before being shot down by the GIGN, Radouane Lakdim stabbed the policeman to death. It was 2:30 p.m.. The investigation did not identify accomplices, but a network of logistical and ideological support, according to the judges: seven people in total, including the assassin’s ex-girlfriend. According to the defense, they knew nothing about the terrorist project. Five of the accused will answer for criminal association in connection with a terrorist enterprise. The trial, which opens Monday January 22 before the special assize court of Paris, is expected to last more than a month.
