The accused is being held in Fleury-Mérogis (Essonne) prison, south of Paris, where several sources of contamination have been detected recently.
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The trial of the November 13 attacks could resume on Thursday January 6 if Salah Abdeslam’s PCR test turns out to be negative, the president of the Paris Special Assize Court, Jean-Louis Périès, announced Tuesday January 4 at the opening of the hearing. The defendants were to be questioned on the facts from Tuesday.
The only survivor of the jihadist commandos who killed 130 and injured hundreds in Paris and Saint-Denis in November 2015, Salah Abdeslam, who has not appeared at the hearing since November 25, has tested positive for Covid -19 December 27.
The accused is being held in Fleury-Mérogis (Essonne) prison, south of Paris, where several sources of contamination have been detected recently. In solitary confinement, however, the prisoner is not in a bubble. He can receive his lawyers and works with supervisors on a daily basis.
From September 8 until the end of May, the Special Assize Court has tried twenty defendants, including fourteen present at the hearing, suspected of being involved to varying degrees in the preparation of the Islamist terrorist attacks which killed 131 people.