Wed Feb 26 06:26:38 UTC 2025: ## French Journalist Recounts ISIS Torture During Paris Trial
**Paris, France** – French journalist Nicolas Henin delivered harrowing testimony on Monday at the Paris trial of Mehdi Nemmouche and four others accused of holding him and three other journalists hostage by the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria from 2013 to 2014. Henin described enduring repeated torture, including a mock execution, during his captivity in Raqa.
He recounted his escape attempt, only to be recaptured by jihadists. Henin identified Nemmouche, already serving a life sentence for a 2014 Brussels attack, as a key jailer. Henin detailed brutal treatment of both himself and Syrian detainees, describing beatings, a simulated crucifixion, and the chilling mock execution that, paradoxically, left his captors disappointed. French prosecutors stated that IS held 25 Western journalists and aid workers hostage in Syria, with several publicly executed. The trial continues.
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