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In this file photo taken on March 12, 2019, Mehdi Nemmouche looks on during the verdict at his trial for a 2014 terrorist attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels at The Brussels Justice Palace in Brussels (YVES HERMAN / POOL / AFP)
May 17, 2019, 1:32 pm
Belgium Jewish museum killer transferred to France over 2013 Syria kidnappings
French jihadist, who killed four people in 2014 anti-Semitic rampage, is accused of acting as jailer to 4 French journalists taken hostage in Aleppo
By AFP
Illustrative: Belgian police in Brussels on March 7, 2019. (John Thys/AFP)
March 11, 2019, 4:01 pm
Prosecutors demand life sentence for Brussels Jewish museum killer
Lawyers make final case against ‘cowardly’ and ‘psychopath’ jihadist from France who gunned down four people in 2014 anti-Semitic rampage
By AFP
A picture released on June 1, 2014, shows the 29-year-old suspected gunman in the Brussels Jewish Museum attack, French-Algerian Mehdi Nemmouche. (AFP)
March 7, 2019, 1:53 pm
Jury verdict delayed in Brussels Jewish museum terror trial
Ruling pushed off as deliberations continue; the defense has peddled a conspiracy theory involving Mossad agents
By Agencies
A court sketch made on January 10, 2019, shows Mehdi Nemmouche (C), accused of the terrorist attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels in 2014, during his trial at the Brussels Justice Palace. (Benoit Peyruco/AFP)
March 7, 2019, 6:04 am
Verdict due in trial of Belgium Jewish museum attack suspect
Mehdi Nemmouche, accused of killing four in 2014 Brussels shooting, has tried to argue he was tricked as part of plot involving Israeli Mossad
By AFP
A court sketch made on January 10, 2019, shows Mehdi Nemmouche, accused of the terrorist attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels in 2014, during his trial at the Brussels Justice Palace. (Benoit Peyrucq/AFP)
March 5, 2019, 1:59 pm
Jewish museum suspect Nemmouche says he was ‘tricked’ into carrying out attack
Statement by alleged gunman accused of killing four in 2014 seems to refer to arguments made by defense lawyers that he was caught up in a plot targeting Mossad
By AFP
Lawyers Aurelia Psalti, left, Christian Dalne, center, and Guillaume Lys attend the trial of Mehdi Nemmouche at the Justice Palace in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, Pool)
February 28, 2019, 1:59 pm
Defense sums up case in Belgium Jewish museum slaying
Lawyer for accused gunman Mehdi Nemmouche says desperate investigators tampered with evidence to implicate his client
By Agencies
A court sketch made on January 10, 2019, shows Mehdi Nemmouche (C), accused of the terrorist attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels in 2014, during his trial at the Brussels Justice Palace. (Benoit Peyruco/AFP)
February 25, 2019, 9:36 pm
Prosecutors slam Jewish museum suspect’s ‘indecent’ silence at trial
Belgian prosecution says overwhelming evidence points to Mehdi Nemmouche as perpetrator of attack that killed four, as defense blames Israeli conspiracy for shooting
By Clément ZAMPA and Matthieu Demeestere
A policeman checks the accused box prior the start of the trial of Mehdi Nemmouche at the Justice Palace in Brussels, February 7, 2019. (Stephanie Lecocq, Pool Photo via AP)
February 18, 2019, 8:39 pm
Belgian Jewish museum trial interrupted as juror questioned
Member of jury contacts police after speaking to coworker who says she witnessed attack; verdict expected in early March
By AFP
A court sketch made on January 10, 2019, shows Mehdi Nemmouche, accused of the terrorist attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels in 2014, during his trial at the Brussels Justice Palace. (Benoit Peyrucq/AFP)
February 7, 2019, 2:59 pm
Journalists say alleged Brussels Jewish museum shooter tortured them in Syria
At trial, French reporters identify Mehdi Nemmouche as their captor and tormentor when they were held by Islamic State in 2013-2014
By AFP
A court sketch made on January 10, 2019, shows Mehdi Nemmouche (C), accused of the terrorist attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels in 2014, during his trial at the Brussels Justice Palace. (Benoit Peyruco/AFP)
February 4, 2019, 7:46 pm
Witness fingers defendant as Brussels Jewish museum gunman
Frenchwoman testifies she saw Mehdi Nemmouche during 2014 attack, says he appeared ‘very calm’ while carrying out shooting
By AFP
Matthieu Danloy, left, and Aurelia Psalti, lawyers of the family of victims Emmanuel and Miriam Riva, talk before the start of the trial of Mehdi Nemmouche at the Justice Palace in Brussels, on January 31, 2019. (John Thys, Pool Photo via AP)
January 31, 2019, 8:44 pm
Daughters of Israelis slain in Brussels Jewish museum attack face accused killer
‘Our lives have completely changed…nothing is like it was,’ Ayalet Riva says at trial of suspected gunman Mehdi Nemmouche
By LORNE COOK
File: A man lays flowers as he pays his respects in front of a makeshift memorial at the entrance of the Jewish Museum in Brussels, where a deadly shooting took place the day before, killing four, May 25, 2014 (Georges Gobet/AFP)
January 31, 2019, 8:38 am
Israeli orphans to face accused Brussels Jewish museum killer
Ayelet and Shira, daughters of Miriam and Emmanuel Riva who were murdered in 2014 attack, travel from Tel Aviv to testify at trial of Mehdi Nemmouche
By AFP
A court sketch made on January 22, 2019 at the Brussels Justice Palace, shows people watching video images during the trial of French jihadist Mehdi Nemmouche, accused of shooting four people dead at a Jewish museum in Brussels on May 24, 2014, allegedly the first Syria jihad veteran to stage a terror attack in Europe. (Igor Preys/BELGA/AFP)
January 30, 2019, 5:55 pm
Lawyer for victim in Belgian Jewish museum terror attack threatened
Prosecutors say someone broke into the office of Vincent Lurquin, who represents a woman present at the jihadist shooting, stole a computer and left a fake Kalashnikov rifle
By AP
A court sketch made on January 22, 2019, at the Brussels Justice Palace, shows people watching video images during the trial of Frenchman Mehdi Nemmouche, accused of shooting four people dead at a Jewish museum in Brussels. (Igor Preys/Belga/AFP)
January 22, 2019, 7:06 pm
Investigators reject claim Mossad behind Brussels Jewish museum attack
Lawyer for defendant Mehdi Nemmouche vows he’ll prove that Israeli victims in the shooting worked for the intelligence agency
By AFP
Amid reports of repeated security failures, many Belgian Jews feel their government is leaving them vulnerable. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
January 22, 2019, 5:53 pm
Europe must ensure a future for Jews, says EU official
In visit to Brussels Jewish Museum where 4 people were shot dead in 2014, justice commissioner calls for bloc-wide action plan to combat anti-Semitism
By AFP
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