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![Brussels attacks trial: Six convicted for 2016 jihadist bombings](https://s.france24.com/media/display/c288b500-2bb1-11ee-a0ac-005056bfb2b6/w:1280/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"BRUSSELS%20ATTACKS%20TRIAL","hash":"5e379cd506e413257afac5251ac1504fb661e4b5244f068db45bee6346599bcc","title":"Six%20convicted%20for%202016%20jihadist%20bombings","id":"25aba80c-45fb-11ec-90e2-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20230726_132159_132328_CS.jpg "Brussels attacks trial: Six convicted for 2016 jihadist bombings")
Brussels attacks trial: Six convicted for 2016 jihadist bombings
Issued on: 26/07/2023 – 14:41Modified: 26/07/2023 – 14:53 01:28 It’s been more than seven years since Belgium’s worst ever peacetime attack. In March of 2016 an islamic state terror cell carried out twin bombings at the Brussels airport alongside a third on the Metro. A court Tuesday convicted six men of murder and two others of terrorism charges, including French citizen Salah Abdeslam and Belgian-Moroccan Mohamed Abrini – both already sentenced to life in jail by France for the Paris attacks in 2015. FRANCE 24’s Peter O’Brien tells us more. Read more on…
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European summit opens in Moldova with Ukraine war, regional conflicts on agenda – France 24
Issued on: 01/06/2023 – 11:19Modified: 01/06/2023 – 12:13 01:43 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at a sprawling summit of some…
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