Paris attacker sentenced to life in prison without parole

AuthorDan Verbin
Published date30 June 2022
Publication titleIsrael National News (Israel)
Salah Abdeslam, 32, was convicted of all five counts he was on trial for, CNN reported

The attacks, which ISIS claimed responsibility for, also left 494 victims wounded. The group attacked targets across Paris, bars, restaurants, a concert venue, and the Stade de France during a soccer match.

Abdeslam was only the fifth person in France given life without parole since the sentence was enacted into law in 1994

He was on trial with 20 other defendants but he was the only one charged with carrying out the worst terror attack in French history. Other suspects were charged with secondary offenses, such as aiding the attackers with...

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