Paris attack suspect, co-accused bag 20-yr jail terms

Salah Abdeslam and his co-accused Sofien Ayari, have both been sentenced to 20-years each in prison for the role they both played in the deadly 2015 Paris attacks.

According to reports, Abdeslam was convicted of attempted murder along with his co-accusser Sofien Ayari for their involvement in a 2016 gunfight with police in Brussels.

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Abdeslam was on trial for his role in a shoot-out between himself and two accomplices and police who had come to search the house in which he was hiding out on March 15, 2016.

The pair were not present during the verdict hearing at a court in the Belgian capital of Brussels.

 

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