The last known survivor of the team that carried out last November's Paris attacks refused to talk during questioning Friday by anti-terror judges and the session ended abruptly, reports CBC News.
Salah Abdeslam's lawyer, Frank Berton said his client invoked his right to silence.
Abdeslam, 26, had said last month he wanted to explain all. Berton told reporters that Abdeslam was disturbed by the 24-hour video surveillance in his maximum-security cell and called the practice illegal.
"He can't tolerate being watched on video 24 hours a day," Berton said. "Psychologically that makes things difficult."
Friday was the first time Abdeslam was questioned since his extradition from Belgium last month. At that point, Berton said his client wanted to talk to investigators and explain his path to radicalization. It was unclear why the suspect changed his mind.
Lawyers for the victims and their families said they hadn't expected any sort of repentance from Abdeslam, but authorities want more information about his activities prior to the attacks, according to freelance reporter Catherine Field.
"Abdeslam was criss-crossing Europe. He was in Greece, he was in Austria, in Hungary and Germany," Field told CBC News from Paris.