Abdelhamid Abaaoud

Articles

• Moroccan Terror Suspect: American Soldier’s Smile Thwarted Train Attack
  3 July 2019, by Kamal

  On August 21, 2015, on a train connecting Amsterdam to Paris, the Moroccan Ayoub El Khazzani had planned a terrorist attack, when he was neutralized by an American soldier named Spencer Stone. Four years after his arrest, he tells the investigating judge that a simple smile from him had prevented a massacre.
  Speaking by videoconference with the investigating judge, the Moroccan admitted that he was blocked by the smile of the American soldier, as he had prepared the attack in the train (…)

• Brother of Paris Attacks Mastermind Testifies in November 13 Trial
  10 December 2021, by Sylvanus

  Yassine Abaaoud, the younger brother of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, one of the perpetrators of the attacks in France in November 2015, testified on Thursday before the special assize court as part of the trial of November 13th. The judges were left unsatisfied.
  "I am sorry for all the victims, the innocent people killed in all corners of the world. [...] As for the facts, I am not able to give you information. Therefore, I do not know if I will be of great use in this trial," warned Yassine (…)

• Paris Attacks: Suspect Faces 3 Years for Harboring Mastermind Abaaoud
  3 May 2022, by Ginette

  Prosecuted by the Brussels correctional court for having housed Abdelhamid Abaaoud after the Paris attacks, the federal prosecutor requested, on Monday morning, a sentence of 3 years in prison against Abdoullah Courkzine.
  Abdelhamid Abaaoud was considered the mastermind behind the Paris attacks. Even though he was killed in 2015, his name continues to haunt every trial. After the attacks, Hasna Ait Boulahcen had asked Courkzine to help her hide her cousin Abaaoud, hidden in a bush in (…)