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2015 Paris terror attacks
Salah Abdeslam, the leading suspect in the 2015 jihadist attacks on Paris. (screen capture: YouTube)
June 29, 2018, 2:23 pm
Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam justifies 2015 killings in which 130 died
‘You are suffering from the mistakes made by your leaders,’ the IS-inspired gunman says in recording, addressing victims of his rampage
By AFP
French soldiers patrol at the Eiffel Tower which remained closed on the first of three days of national mourning in Paris, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015. (AP/Peter Dejong)
June 15, 2018, 6:55 am
​French police thwart terror attack on sex club
Separately, 2 men charged on suspicion of planning attack in the name of Islamic State which may have targeted gay people
By Agencies
Rescue workers tend to victims of a jihadi terror attack in the 10th district of Paris, November 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)
June 11, 2018, 8:19 pm
Belgium hands suspect in Paris attacks to France for a day
Osama Krayem, a Swede of Syrian origin, is thought to have played key role in 2015 Paris attacks and 2016 Brussels bombings claimed by Islamic State
By AFP
a French-Algerian rapper performs Médine a concert in Sevran, near Paris, on 6 October 2013. (CC BY-SA Wikimedia Commons/MonsieurNas)
June 11, 2018, 8:06 pm
Muslim rapper at Bataclan is ‘sacrilege,’ says French right
Fans call politicians ‘buffoons’ for outrage over provocative artist booked to play Paris venue where jihadists massacred 90 concert-goers
By Laure FILLON and Fiachra GIBBONS
Belgian Federal Prosecutor Eric Van Der Sypt, right, and Federal Prosecutor Wenke Roggen address a media conference in Brussels, May 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
May 30, 2018, 2:06 pm
Belgium killings were a terror attack, prosecutors say
Authorities confirm that Benjamin Herman, 31, shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ during shooting rampage that killed 3 people in Liege
By Agencies
Hearses are pictured inside the security perimeter set by the police at the scene of a shooting in Liege, on May 29, 2018, after a gunman shot dead three people, two of them policemen, before being killed by elite officers (AFP PHOTO / BELGA / ERIC LALMAND)
May 30, 2018, 12:20 pm
Belgium shooter killed 4th person the day before attack – minister
Benjamin Herman, who was on a terror watchlist and was released from prison on Monday, killed a former fellow inmate the night before Liege rampage
By Agencies
A police officer speaks with parents of children at a nearby high school in the eastern Belgian city of Liege on May 29, 2018, after a gunman shot dead three people, two of them policemen, before being killed by elite officers. (AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYS)
May 29, 2018, 9:38 pm
Belgium shooter was on watchlist for Islamist links, targeted police
Attacker repeatedly stabbed two female police officers before killing them with their own guns, shot bystander, and took hostage in school
By Marine LAOUCHEZ and Matthieu Demeestere
A woman is evacuated from the Bataclan theater after a wave of deadly terror attacks in Paris, Friday November 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
May 6, 2018, 3:51 am
Anger in France over Trump comments on Paris attacks
US president suggested that terrorists killed 130 people in 2015 because ‘nobody has guns in Paris’
By Adam PLOWRIGHT
A courtroom sketch made on February 5, 2018, shows prime suspect in the November 2015 Paris attacks Salah Abdeslam (2ndR) sitting beside his alleged accomplice Sofiane Ayari (2ndL) as they are surrounded by Belgian special police officers in the courtroom at the 'Palais de Justice' courthouse in Brussels for the opening of their trial. (AFP/Benoit Peyrucq)
April 23, 2018, 6:51 am
Belgian court to hand down verdict to only surviving Paris attacker
Salah Abdeslam and accomplice await rulings on 2016 shootout in Brussels that led to his capture
By Danny Kemp
In this photo taken on October 17, 2016, President of the French far-right party Marine Le Pen poses in Nanterre, outside Paris. (AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGET)
March 1, 2018, 3:16 pm
France’s Marine Le Pen charged over gruesome Islamic State tweets
Far-right leader could face up to three years in jail over photos posted online after 2015 Paris terror attacks
By AFP
This courtroom sketch created at the Palais de Justice court in Paris on January 26, 2018, shows Jawad Bendaoud gesturing while standing in the dock during his trial in which he stands accused of harboring two of the jihadists in the aftermath of the November 2015 Paris attacks. (AFP/Benoit Peyrucq)
February 14, 2018, 7:37 pm
Key suspect cleared in first trial linked to Paris attacks
Court acquits Jawad Bendaoud, who prosecutors had sought to sentence to 4 years in prison for renting his apartment to Islamic State terrorists
By AFP
A courtroom sketch made on February 5, 2018, shows prime suspect in the November 2015 Paris attacks Salah Abdeslam (2ndR) sitting beside his alleged accomplice Sofiane Ayari (2ndL) as they are surrounded by Belgian special police officers in the courtroom at the 'Palais de Justice' courthouse in Brussels for the opening of their trial. (AFP/Benoit Peyrucq)
February 5, 2018, 8:12 pm
Abdeslam makes a sullen showing at Brussels trial
Now bearded after two years of incarceration, the only living suspect of 2015 Paris refuses to cooperate
By Clément ZAMPA
Chairwoman of the court Marie-France Keutgen (C) sits with members of the court during the opening of the trial of prime suspect in the November 2015 Paris attacks Salah Abdeslam, at the Palais de Justice courthouse in Brussels, on February 5, 2018. (AFP/Pool/Emmanuel Dunand)
February 5, 2018, 7:57 pm
In court, defiant Paris attacks suspect ‘trusts in Allah’
Salah Abdeslam, arrested after gunfight with police in 2016, accuses Brussels court of ‘bias against Muslims,’ refuses to answer questions
By Lachlan CARMICHAEL and Alex Pigman
Belgian soldiers stand guard at the entrance of the Palais de Justice courthouse in Brussels on February 5, 2018. (AFP Photo/John Thys)
February 5, 2018, 8:40 am
Heightened security in Brussels as only surviving Paris attacker stands trial
Salah Abdeslam faces charges in his native Belgium over March 2016 shootout that led to his eventual capture
By Lachlan CARMICHAEL
A screenshot from a video of the scene outside kosher grocery store Promo & Destock in the Parisian suburb of Creteil, that was burned overnight on January 9, 2018, less than a week after it was hit by anti-Semitic graffiti. (Screen capture/AFP)
January 9, 2018, 12:33 pm
Kosher shops near Paris torched on anniversary of supermarket attack
Incident occurs exactly 3 years after deadly shooting at Hyper Cacher, and less than a week after 2 stores were vandalized with swastikas
By AFP and TOI staff
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