Salah Abdeslam heard by investigating judges – Le Figaro

VIDEO – The victims’ families were waiting for some of the alleged terrorist hearing. Indeed, the only member still alive in November 13 commandos remained silent. According to his lawyer, he said he would talk “later”, while the prosecution says it has made no promises of this type.

in his cell of Fleury-Merogis occupied from April 27 under the eye of cameras focused on him constantly, he had time to reflect on this key day. For the first time, Salah Abdeslam, the only survivor of suicide commandos have devastated the capital, Saint-Denis last November, was heard on the merits by the Paris magistrates.

The interrogation which started early Friday at the Palais de justice in Paris (Abdeslam arrived shortly before 7:15), was crucial. This French 26 year old born in Belgium is considered one of the essential mechanisms of these deadly operations in Paris. But before the judges, Salah Abdeslam has again chosen silence. “He did not wish to speak today” and said “he would later” , told Agence France-Presse one of his lawyers, Frank Berton. “He wished to exercise his right to silence, we must give him time” , he said.

The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed that Salah Abdeslam refused “to answer questions of the investigating judge” , before explaining that he had however made no promises to speak later, contrary to statements by his lawyer. “He also refused to specify the reasons leading him to make such use of his right to silence. He declined to similarly confirm the statements he previously made before the police and before the Belgian investigating judge “, added floor.

Active since the early preparations and on site at the time of the killings of 13 November, Salah Abdeslam is the same thread. This omnipresence will say the prosecutor, Francois Molins, he had “a central role in the constitution of the commandos in the logistical preparations for attacks and finally being himself present in Paris on November 13th.” Thus, in the months before the murderous actions, he would have multiplied traveling to convey network members across Europe. Then he would have rented vehicles and hideouts in the Paris region for terrorist teams. It was he who, during the bloody raids, driving a Clio, filed three suicide bombers before the Stade de France.

A “simple running,” he said

However, several questions remain unanswered. After saying he wanted to blow himself up at the Stade de France before retracting, would there have been in reality a technical problem affecting his explosive belt, preventing travel after a kamikaze action? Should he also commit another slaughter in the eighteenth arrondissement, where he went and who claim to Daech, was to be the scene of another attack? More broadly and is willing to talk, Salah Abdeslam could also provide useful information on the terrorist network to which it belongs and whose son are far from having all been fired.

Already in Belgium the terrorist had not expressed little. After she had hidden the day after the Paris attacks, arrested in the Brussels suburb on March 18, in Molenbeek he was born, Abdeslam Salah had been heard by the Belgian police. During these interrogations before being handed over to the French authorities on 27 April, he had more than once discarded his brother Brahim, one of the Parisian suicide bombers. He could not therefore, according to him, a simple running, a second knife which his Belgian lawyer added a few key moves but helping to complete this role of “follower” instead of “leader.”

Me Sven Mary called him a “little shit” to “intelligence of an empty ashtray” … But during these hearings, Salah Abdeslam was caught in the act of lie in ensuring not know Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the alleged instigator of the terrorist attacks of November. He would see, he said, the day before the attacks. Now they have known since childhood.

All the victims received

The first statements are also feared to the victims never know the whole truth. “I expect very little. Do not tell me he was not aware of attacks that were preparing to Brussels on 22 March. Or when it is heard in Belgium a few days before, he said nothing, “says Jean Reinhart, Director of several victims. Representing other families, Ms. Samia Maktouf also expects so little of these interrogations it plans to file a civil party in Belgium, where the current investigation concerns the Brussels attacks. “Because everything is connected. The same cell that acted in the two capitals. Moreover, the Belgians have always Mohamed Abrini would be so involved in the attacks in Brussels than Paris, “she says.

Me Maktouf make its decision after the 24 and 26 May. During these two days, the Parisian magistrates will for the first time all victims. To receive 500 people, these meetings to report on progress of the investigation will be held at the Military School. This is based on what she will learn that the lawyer will decide whether to act before the Belgian courts. Moreover, the French court on Thursday asked the surrender of four suspects charged in Belgium in the investigation of the Paris attacks, three of which are believed to have helped Abdeslam to flee on 13 and 14 November.