The mother of Ibrahim Abdeslam, the 31-year old Paris
suicide bomber, has revealed to newsmen that her son 'did not mean to kill
anyone', and claims he may have blown himself up because of stress. The ISIS terrorist launched a solo attack outside the cafe
Comptoir Voltaire, close to the scene of the Bataclan concert hall massacre on Friday
night.
Today, Ibrahim's mother has defended him, suggesting his
suicide jacket may have gone off by accident and said he could have carried out
the attack because he was 'stressed'.
Speaking outside the family home, the Abdeslam family
claimed that they were surprised that Ibrahim blew himself up near the Stade de
France, even though he had spent time in Syria.
The mother who spoke to a reporter through her nephew (the
bombers' cousin) on the doorstep of the family home in Molenbeek, told Het
Laatste Nieuws that they were sure he had not planned to kill anyone.
"This was not his plan, that's for sure. The fact that his suicide belt exploded without killing anyone says a lot.
"We even saw him two days before the attacks. There were no signs that they have plans to do anything violent."
The family admitted he had spent a long time in Syria.
"We were really surprised that Salah was involved. Ibrahim was different. We did see that he had been radicalised, at least in part. But not so much that we ever thought he would commit an atrocity like this."
Another family member at the brothers’ home claimed that he
would not have wanted to become a suicide bomber:
"Maybe the explosives went off prematurely by accident. Maybe it was stress."
Prosecutors have identified Ibrahim, who seriously injured a
bystander when he detonated his suicide bomb, as the man who rented a Seat car
used in the attacks. The vehicle was used by the terrorists who murdered diners
outside the Casa Nostra pizza restaurant and the La Belle Équipe cafe. It was
found abandoned 20 minutes away in Montreuil with a cache of weapons inside.
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