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Trial begins in Paris for the terrorist attacks of November 13, 2015

Paris (France), Sep 8 (EFE / EPA).- (camera: Mario García) Salah Abdeslam, the main defendant who appeared this Wednesday in the trial for the massacre in the Bataclan concert hall and the other terrorist attacks of the November 13, 2015, attracted attention at the first hearing by claiming his membership in the Islamic State (IS) and making religious invocations.footage OF THE PALACE OF JUSTICE OF PARIS, WITH THE SECURITY DEVICE AND THE ENTRANCE OF THE VICTIMS AND FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE COURT ROOM.soundbites from ARTHUR DENOUVEAUX, PRESIDENT OF THE LIFE FOR PEACE ASSOCIATION AND GÉRALDINE BERGER-STENGER, ATTORNEY OF THE FRENCH ASSOCIATION OF VICTIMS OF TERRORISM (AFVT).Translation:- Arthur Denouveaux, president of the Life for Peace association, of victims of these attacks, on possible provocative statements by the terrorists:"The French Justice has been used to provocations by terrorists for decades. It is a way of avoiding its responsibilities and not responding to its responsibilities. It would not be a surprise if it happened in this process."- Arthur Denouveaux, on what he expects from the process:"I hope that a normal French justice will respond to an act of the most abominable, of the most abnormal possible. That would be a sample of the quality of our democracy in the face of terrorism."- Géraldine Berger-Stenger, lawyer for the French Association of Victims of Terrorism (AFVT), represents 37 victims, on what she expects from the trial:"For the victims it is important that they can speak, have explanations about the preparation of the attacks. Above all, that the victims can speak. Then the sentence will come with the sentences at the height of the facts that are being judged now."- On the possible provocative statements of the terrorists:“Personally and as a lawyer, I don't expect much. If we have explanations, the better. But I have warned my clients not to expect anything flashy. I have warned you. "