Paris attacks trial to be paused after main suspect catches COVID -source


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  • Saturday, 01 Jan 2022

PARIS (Reuters) - The trial of Salah Abdeslam, the main suspect in the November 2015 Islamist attack that killed 130 people in Paris, and others will be paused briefly in January as Abdeslam has caught the coronavirus, a judicial source told Reuters on Friday.

The criminal trial will resume as scheduled on Jan. 4 but then be officially suspended until Jan. 13., the source said.

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