Brussels Court President Laurence Massart, in charge of presiding the trial for the Brussels March 2016 terror attacks, has announced the schedule of proceedings for the first months of 2023.
Victims of the bombings will be heard from 13 February until 9 March before defendants take the stand from 13 March onwards.
On Wednesday, the presiding judge of the Brussels terror attacks trial Laurence Massart unveiled the upcoming schedule of proceedings, set to resume after the end-of-year holidays.
She announced that investigators and investigating judges will be heard until 30 January, after which five days will be reserved for possible questions from the various parties. The civil parties will then take the stand from 13 February until 9 March, which will see victims testify about their experiences.
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"We will make sure not to change the schedule again,” Massart added, as certain lawyers for the civil party had regretted a change to the previously announced schedule. The defendants will then be questioned from 13 March onwards.
