Paris court tries jihadists over hostage-taking and 'torture and barbarity'
The trial opened in Paris on Monday of five jihadists accused of the kidnapping and detention of four French journalists in Syria in 2013 and the perpetration of “acts of torture and barbarity” at a hospital in Aleppo taken over by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant group. Relatives of British aid worker David Haines, who was held alongside the French hostages before he was later decapitated, are present at the month-long trial as civil parties to the case, as is also his Italian colleague and fellow captive Federico Motka. Matthieu Suc reports on the background of the case and the evidence that emerged from almost ten years of investigations.
TheThe trial of five jihadists accused of the kidnappings in Syria of four French journalists, and the perpetration of "acts of torture and barbarity", opened in Paris on Monday after almost ten years of investigations.
