Brussels attacks judge orders removal of defendant "cages"


  • World
  • Friday, 16 Sep 2022

FILE PHOTO A view of the courtroom prior to the opening of the preliminary hearing in trial of suspects in the March 2016 attacks in Brussels Belgium September 12 2022. John ThysPool via REUTERS

FILE PHOTO: A view of the courtroom prior to the opening of the preliminary hearing in trial of suspects in the March 2016 attacks, in Brussels, Belgium September 12, 2022. John Thys/Pool via REUTERS

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Nine men accused of participating in the 2016 Brussels bombings that killed 32 people cannot be put on trial in glass boxes their lawyers have likened to animal cages, a judge ruled on Friday.

The special court for one of Belgium's largest trials features a series of individual glass compartments into which nine of the accused were placed on the opening day on Monday.

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