‘Daesh landlord’ accused of sheltering Paris attackers goes on trial
Tehran (KNA) - The first trial stemming from the November 2015 Paris terror attacks opens Wednesday when Jawad Bendaoud appears in court.
Bendaoud, 31, became a national laughing stock after a television interview in which he came across as clueless, insisting "I didn't know they were terrorists".
It provided a rare reason to laugh after the deadliest attacks in France since World War II, spawning endless parodies on the internet mocking his apparent naivety.
Bendaoud stands accused of lending his apartment to Abdelhamid Abaaoud -- a senior Islamic State jihadist suspected of coordinating the attacks that killed 130 people -- and his accomplice Chakib Akrouh.
The trial comes ahead of that of the only survivor among the 10 men who carried out the killing spree, Salah Abdeslam, who is due to appear in court in Belgium early next month.
Source: France 24