4 hours agoCharlie Hebdo trial results: Attack Suspect Turns Up by COVID
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)The prime suspect in the attack on Charlie Hebdo in 2015 has resulted in positive results for Covid-19, and the trial has been suspended. Ali Reza Polat is accused of assisting Islamic militants who killed 12 people in the satirical magazine five years ago. The chairman of the court says 10 accused associates should be tested for the virus before [...]
Head of the body The judge says 10 accused associates should be tested for the virus before the trial begins.
Ali Reza Polat, 35, has been sick for days, and the judge to avoid infecting others has suspended court hearings.
Defence lawyers had to present their final defense in the coming days, and the decision could be made within two weeks.
Fourteen total persons are on trial for the magazine attack, as well as attacks linked against an effective police and a Jewish supermarket that left 17 people dead in three days. Three out of 14 are being tried in absentia.
