French prosecutors will use leaked Islamic State documents to help identify seven suspected jihadists going on trial next week, including the brother of a Paris attacker, sources close to the investigation say.
The seven men from Strasbourg in eastern France, aged between 24 and 26, are accused of travelling to join the Islamic State group in Syria in late 2013 and returning several months later.
Among the men, who were arrested in May 2014, is Karim Mohamed-Aggad, the brother of Foued Mohamed-Aggad who was part of the three-man group that attacked the Bataclan concert hall on the night of the Paris attacks in November.
A woman is evacuated from the Bataclan concert hall after a terrorist shooting attack in Paris, November 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
The Paris prosecutor’s office intends to use the documents, acquired by British TV station Sky News in March, during the trial that starts on Monday, but the move has been criticized by the defense lawyers.
“Five days from the trial, this is an unusual step,” says one of the defense lawyers, Eric Plouvier, who warns there are doubts over the authenticity of the IS documents.
— AFP
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