Trial Opens Against Top Paris Attacks Suspect

The first trial against top surviving Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam opened in Brussels Monday amid tight security and a packed courtroom.  A bearded Abdeslam, 28, appeared clad in a white sweater and unshackled -- surrounded by hooded security guards dressed entirely in black, according to reports of journalists present in the courtroom. He refused to rise when the judge asked him to, or to identify himself. Fellow accused, Tunisian-born Sofien Ayari, 24, was also...

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