Published on
23/05/2026 - 13:07 GMT+2
A key member of a terrorist cell that carried out the November 2015 Paris attacks has been allowed multiple temporary prison leaves and could be eligible for conditional release.
Mohamed Bakkali was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a French court in 2022 for his role in helping coordinate the deadly attacks that killed 130 people and injured hundreds more after gunmen stormed Paris' Bataclan theatre and suicide bombers struck across the city.
Bakkali, who was extradited to Belgium in 2018, was also sentenced to 25 years in prison in Belgium for his part in planning another attack on a Thalys train from Amsterdam to Paris.
