BRUSSELS, Belgium — A French jihadist found guilty of shooting dead four people in a terrorist attack at Brussels’ Jewish museum jokes Monday “life goes on” as prosecutors demand he be jailed for life.
A jury last week convicted Mehdi Nemmouche of “terrorist murder” for the anti-Semitic gun rampage in the Belgian capital on May 24, 2014, a crime committed following his return from Syria’s battlefields.
The 33-year-old says “life goes on” with a smirk in his final words before the jury retires to consider his sentence, after prosecutors brand him a “coward” and a “psychopath” and demand a tough sentence.
“What we ask, without the slightest hesitation, is that you sentence Mehdi Nemmouche to life in prison,” prosecutor Yves Moreau told the Brussels criminal court.
After hearing closing statements from prosecution and defense lawyers, the 12 jurors and three judges leave to decide what punishment he should face, with an announcement expected by the evening.
— AFP
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