The brother of a French terrorist who killed seven people, including three Jewish children, denies holding extremist beliefs during a trial in which he’s accused of complicity in his brother’s 2012 attack.
In March 2012, Mohammed Merah killed three French paratroopers in Toulouse and Montauban. Then a few days later, he burst into a Jewish school, killed a rabbi and his two young sons and grabbed an 8-year-old girl and shot her in the head. He was then shot and killed in a dramatic 30-hour police standoff at his Toulouse apartment.
Merah’s brother, Abdelkader, was accused of complicity in the attack and is suspected of having mentored Mohammed as he turned toward jihadism. He denies any wrongdoing. If convicted, he faces up to life in prison.
“I’m not Mohammed Merah, I am Abdelkader Merah. There is a big difference,” he tells the court.
Merah has admitted he was with his brother the day Mohammed stole the motor scooter used in the killings. He said he didn’t report the theft to police because he didn’t want to be a snitch.
A verdict in the case is expected on November 2.
— Agencies
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