French journalist recounts IS torture, mock execution as a captive in Syria

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French journalist recounts IS torture, mock execution as a captive in Syria

Nicolas Henin told the court that masked jihadists abducted him in June 2013 while he was on his way to a store in the northern city of Raqa

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French journalist recounts IS torture and mock execution in Paris trial

Henin's testimony is central to the trial of Mehdi Nemmouche and four others accused of holding French hostages in Syria.

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Nicolas Hénin told how he identified Mehdi Nemmouche, then Pierre Torres how he had met Kais al-Abdallah. Since the beginning of the trial, the former hostages have made themselves precise about the jihadists accused of their abductions and of the torture inflicted.

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The former reporter returned, on Monday, every date, every plague suffered, every companion crossed during his ten months of captivity. Between duty to testify and hope to "turn the page".

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In this second week of the trial of alleged jailers of the Islamic State group, which is being held in front of the Paris Special Assize Court, the speech is still to the former hostages. On Monday, 24 February, Nicolas Hénin, one of the four French journalists abducted in June 2013, testified.

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In front of the special court in Paris, the former journalist gave a detailed and precise account, on Monday 24 February, of the atrocious conditions of his captivity in Syria, between 2013 and 2014. And paid tribute to his former missing companions.