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Trèbes and Carcassonne attacks: the trial opened in Paris
Nobody has forgotten Arnaud Beltrame, the gendarme who was killed by a terrorist at the Super U in Trèbes (Aude) after taking the place of a hostage. The trial opened Monday January 22 at the Paris Assize Court. – (France 2)
Nobody has forgotten Arnaud Beltrame, the gendarme who was killed by a terrorist at the Super U in Trèbes (Aude) after taking the place of a hostage. The trial opened Monday January 22 at the Paris Assize Court.
For his family, he is a hero to whom above all they want to pay tribute. And they know that the decisions taken by Arnaud Beltrame will be discussed during the hearings. The morning of March 23, 2018, Radouane Lakdim26 years old, radicalized and on S file, killed four people and seriously injured two others. HAS Trebes (Aude), in this supermarket, the terrorist took a hostess hostage. Without waiting for orders from his superiors, Arnaud Beltrame was in contact. He convinced the terrorist to take the place of the hostage, the young woman was released, but a few hours more late, Radouane Lakdim goes to kill the colonel, before being shot himself by the GIGN.
A heroic act
An initiative that surprised his superior, but even today, he speaks of it as a heroic act. In the box, seven relatives of the terrorist who appear, a radicalized ex-girlfriend, arms suppliers or petty criminals.
