Five jihadists found guilty of holding French journalists hostage

Five jihadists have been found guilty of holding French journalists captive in Syria for the terror group Islamic State.

One of the guilty, Mehdi Nemmouche, 39, has been described by the prosecution as "one of the most perverse and cruel jihadists of the past 10 years" with a "total absence of empathy and remorse."

The trial in Paris heard that journalists Didier Francois, Edouard Elias, Nicolas Henin, and Pierre Torres were terrorised during their 10 months in captivity between June 2013 and April 2014.

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Post from Sky News on March 21, 2025

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