The prime suspect of the Paris terrorist attacks that killed 130 people nearly six years ago described himself on Sept. 8 as a “fighter of the Islamic State” while appearing on trial over the worst terror attack in France’s history. Salah Abdeslam, a 31-year-old man with French citizenship but who grew up in Belgium, is one of 20 suspects on trial for their involvement in the November 2015 gun-and-bomb attacks on six restaurants and bars, the Bataclan concert hall and a sports stadium, where then-President Francois Hollande was attending a game. Abdeslam is also believed to be connected to the same ISIS network that went on to strike Brussels, the capital of Belgium, in 2016—killing another 32 people. “First of all, I want to testify that there is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his servant,” Abdeslam said on trial after he was asked to identify himself. Asked about …
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