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French jihadist’s DNA, fingerprints were on Brussels museum attack weapons
[IsraelTimes] Mehdi Nemmouche accused of being the first Syrian jihad veteran to carry out an attack in Europe, faces life sentence if convicted of 2014 shooting that killed 4.A Frenchie on trial for shooting dead four people at a Jewish museum in Brussels left his fingerprints and DNA on the weapons used in the terror attack, prosecutors said Friday. Mehdi Nemmouche, 33, listened to the case unfolding against him on the second day of his trial for the cold-blooded murders in the Belgian capital on May 24, 2014. "Little by little they are putting the puzzle together," said lawyer Guillaume Lys of a French terror victims association which is a civil party to the trial. Both Nemmouche and Nacer Bendrer, a fellow Frenchie aged 30 who allegedly supplied the weapons, face life in prison if convicted of charges of terrorist murder. Reading the charge sheet, a prosecutor told the Brussels criminal court that Sherlocks lifted Nemmouche’s fingerprints from the barrel of the pistol he used in the museum attack. The prosecutor added they also found his DNA on a Kalashnikov rifle, the second weapon used. Both were found in Nemmouche’s possession when he was tossed in the slammer ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... upon arriving on a bus from Brussels in the southern French port of Marseille six days after the attack, Sherlocks say. The prosecutor added Sherlocks found gunpowder residue on a blue jacket among his belongings. The museum shooter was seen wearing a similar jacket. Investigators also studied videos from a laptop found in his possession where they heard an "imperious and guttural" voice claiming responsibility for the killings, the prosecution said. Experts identified the voice as Nemmouche’s, it added. Four French journalists who were taken hostage in Syria in 2013 also attributed the voice to Nemmouche, who they allege was one of their jailers, the prosecution said. The trial is due to resume on Tuesday when Nemmouche’s lawyers present their defense strategy and their client takes the stand for questioning. The case is the first allegedly carried out on European soil by a jihadist returning from Syria. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-01-14 |
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