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Salah Abdeslam lawyer plans to sue over revelations of aborted suicide plan Salah Abdeslam lawyer plans to sue over revelations of aborted suicide plan
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The lawyer for Salah Abdeslam plans to sue French officials for violating his client’s privacy after they revealed that the 26-year-old had abandoned plans to blow himself up during the attacks on Paris last year. Salah Abdeslam’s lawyer plans to sue French officials for violating his client’s privacy after they revealed that the 26-year-old had abandoned plans to blow himself up during the attacks on Paris last year.
Paris prosecutor Francois Molins told a packed press conference that Abdeslam had confessed to his aborted suicide plan within hours of being taken into custody. Paris prosecutor François Molins told a packed press conference that Abdeslam had confessed to his aborted suicide plan within hours of being taken into custody.
The former tram driver is the only surviving member of the 10-strong jihadi squad that killed 130 people on 13 November. Security forces hope he could provide valuable information about their planning, logistics and support.The former tram driver is the only surviving member of the 10-strong jihadi squad that killed 130 people on 13 November. Security forces hope he could provide valuable information about their planning, logistics and support.
Related: Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam 'backed out of blowing himself up'Related: Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam 'backed out of blowing himself up'
“He wanted to blow himself up at the Stade de France and, I quote, backed out,” Molins told reporters in Paris, adding that people should treat Abdeslam’s initial statement with caution.“He wanted to blow himself up at the Stade de France and, I quote, backed out,” Molins told reporters in Paris, adding that people should treat Abdeslam’s initial statement with caution.
Barrister Sven Mary said reading out Abdeslam’s statement to journalists was an abuse of the judicial process, which should be confidential at this stage.Barrister Sven Mary said reading out Abdeslam’s statement to journalists was an abuse of the judicial process, which should be confidential at this stage.
“This is an error that I cannot allow to pass,” Mary told Belgian national news channel RTBF. “Reading this out at a press conference is a violation.”“This is an error that I cannot allow to pass,” Mary told Belgian national news channel RTBF. “Reading this out at a press conference is a violation.”
Mary has already said he would seek to block Abdeslam’s extradition to France. It was not clear if the attempt to sue for violation of his privacy would be linked to those proceedings.Mary has already said he would seek to block Abdeslam’s extradition to France. It was not clear if the attempt to sue for violation of his privacy would be linked to those proceedings.
French police suspected Abdeslam had bottled plans to become a suicide attacker up long before his capture. French police suspected Abdeslam had aborted plans to become a suicide attacker long before his capture.
An Isis statement about the evening’s bloodshed claimed an attack in the 18th arrondissement, where none took place, but investigators did find a suicide belt and car linked to Abdeslam. And when the extremist group produced a magazine spread celebrating the killers, they left Abdeslam out of their line-up of “martyrs”. An Isis statement about the evening’s bloodshed claimed an attack in the 18th arrondissement, where none took place, but investigators did find a suicide belt and car linked to Abdeslam. And when the extremist group produced a magazine spread celebrating the killers, they left Abdeslam out of their lineup of “martyrs”.
Abdeslam fled France after the attacks, calling friends in Brussels to come and pick him up. After four months on the run, he was captured by police on Friday in Molenbeek, the district where he grew up, in an apartment just a few minutes walk from his family home.Abdeslam fled France after the attacks, calling friends in Brussels to come and pick him up. After four months on the run, he was captured by police on Friday in Molenbeek, the district where he grew up, in an apartment just a few minutes walk from his family home.
He will appear before a judge in Brussels on Wednesday, but Mary has indicated that he will not seek bail for his client, who has been charged “with participation in terrorist murder” and in the activities of a terrorist organisation.He will appear before a judge in Brussels on Wednesday, but Mary has indicated that he will not seek bail for his client, who has been charged “with participation in terrorist murder” and in the activities of a terrorist organisation.
Abdeslam is now being held in solitary confinement at a maximum security prison in the north-western city of Bruges. He is in an “individual and special safety” wing for people who pose an escape risk or for those with particular behavioural problems, a spokeswoman told AFP. Abdeslam is being held in solitary confinement at a maximum security prison in the north-western city of Bruges. He is in an “individual and special safety” wing for people who pose an escape risk or for those with particular behavioural problems, a spokeswoman told AFP.