for the first time, Salah Abdeslam told precisely why he gave up blowing himself up

This is the first time that it has opened before the special assize court in Paris. Salah Abdeslam, the last surviving member of the November 13 commandos went into detail about the evening of the attacks, which he had always refused to do until now. Because, even if he had already claimed to have given up blowing himself up, he had never gone further in his explanations. “I’m going to go to a cafe, I’m going to go inside, order a drink, I’m going to look at the people around me and I’m going to say, ‘I’m not going to do it'”he told the court, Wednesday, April 13 at the end of the day.

“I’m going to go to a cafe, I’m going to come in, order a drink, I’m going to look at the people around me and I’m going to say, ‘I’m not going to do it.'” #13November

— Violaine Jaussent (@ViolaineJ) April 13, 2022

“I didn’t know what to do. I drove the car, it broke down, it stopped. I rolled over and got scared at that moment, I saw a police car go by. I tried to restart it, it didn’t work”he continued.