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Survivors and families of victims hoped the trial that started in earnest in December would help them work through the trauma of what happened on March 22, 2016, and to find closure.
Islamists killed dozens of people in the Belgian capital on March 22, 2016. A court has now found several defendants guilty. In addition, the number of victims was subsequently increased. The verdict was handed down by a twelve-member jury after more than two weeks of incommunicado deliberations. According to the Belgian news agency Belga, six defendants have been convicted of terrorist murder. The Reuters news agency, on the other hand, reports eight convictions for murder. A decision on the penalties is to be made from September.
Belgian media say a jury has found six people guilty of terrorist murder for extremist attacks in 2016 that killed 32 people. Among those convicted on Tuesday was Salah Abdeslam,