Overview
- Abdelkrim Bellot, 40, opened his trial Tuesday before the Meurthe-et-Moselle assize court in Nancy and declared he was not the gunman.
- During the judicial inquiry he had acknowledged the attack and cited revenge for a filmed humiliation of his brother, a version he is now disputing.
- The May 13, 2023 shooting involved a masked assailant firing about twenty rounds with a submachine gun under a porch at a known deal site.
- Five people aged 17 to 30 were wounded, three seriously, and the youngest victim now uses a wheelchair.
- Bellot was arrested two days after fleeing in a stolen vehicle and also faces counts for written or filmed death threats, receiving stolen goods, and destroying the getaway car; he has a lengthy criminal record and had been released from prison on April 6, 2023.