Main Paris attacks suspect apologises to victims


FILE PHOTO: French court artist Elisabeth de Pourquery works on her artist's sketch showing Salah Abdeslam, one of the accused, who is widely-believed to be the only surviving member of the group suspected of carrying out the Paris' November 2015 attacks, during an interview with Reuters at her home near Paris, France, September 27, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

PARIS (Reuters) - Salah Abdeslam, believed to be the sole surviving member of the group of Islamist militants that killed 130 people in a night of gun and bomb attacks in Paris in 2015, apologised to the victims during his trial on Friday, French media reported.

Investigators believe Abdeslam was part of the squad that assaulted six restaurants and bars, the Bataclan concert hall and the national soccer stadium.

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