The sole Da’esh (ISIS) terrorist suspect who remained alive after the Nov. 13 Paris massacre, Salah Abdeslam, claims he knew nothing about the plan by an ISIS terror cell to attack the Brussels airport and metro system.
Even though the DNA from one of the killers was found in the same apartment in which he himself stayed for months, until he was taken into custody just four days prior to the Brussels attacks.
But attorney Sven Mary insists that his client, Abdeslam, did not know about the plot to attack Zaventem Airport and the metro system this past Tuesday in Brussels. The casualty numbers following the atrocity are rising: 31 people have been confirmed dead, 300 are wounded, including nearly 70 in critical condition, and several are still missing.
The attorney also told reporters in a briefing on Thursday that Abdeslam no longer plans to fight extradition to France for trial over the Nov. 13 massacre, in which 130 people lost their lives, and hundreds of others were wounded. Mary said his client wants to return there as soon as possible.
Abdeslam refused to cooperate with Belgian authorities Wednesday immediately following the attacks at the airport and metro system. His attorney told Europe 1 Radio he believed Abdeslam “wanted to see me first… I wouldn’t want him to clam up over lots of things. If he stopped talking it would run the risk of more Zaventem and other Bataclans. Perhaps that is what I want to avoid,” The Telegraph reported.
The attorney added that he would petition the investigating magistrate “so that she doesn’t oppose him leaving. He has understood that here is only a small part of the dossier. He wants to explain himself in France – that’s a good thing.”
