PARIS (Reuters) - Six years after a group of Islamist bombers and gunmen attacked Paris, gendarmes who were on duty that night told a court on Tuesday that they were still haunted by the sound of explosions, images of human flesh and the smell of blood. "It is not over and I do not know whether it ever will be," he told the court. Questioning of the accused will start in November but they are not set to testify about the night of the attacks until March. Defendant Salah Abdeslam, 31, is believed by prosecutors to be the only surviving member of the Islamic State cell that carried out the attacks. Six more, mostly Islamic State officials, will be judged in abstentia for helping organise the attacks.


Source:   The Star
September 28, 2021 16:52 UTC