An Ivorian prosecutor has demanded a life sentence for four suspects allegedly involved in the 2016 machine-gun assault on a beach resort which killed 19.
He also asked for life sentence for 14 other suspects being tried in absentia.
The lawyers of the four defendants who stood before the Abidjan court had demanded acquittal for their clients. They claimed that the prosecution lacked “proof” of their complicity with the perpetrators of the attack.
All 18 were charged for acts of terrorism, murder, attempted murder, criminal concealment, illegal possession of firearms and ammunition “and complicity in these deeds”.
The verdict is expected on December 28.
