Salah Abdeslam is on trial for his role in the atrocity that killed 130 people. Abdeslam, 32, is the only surviving core member to target the city’s Bataclan theater, cafes and national stadium. He claims he changed his mind to set off his suicide vest in a cafe, but prosecutors say it was not working properly. During his testimony on Friday, Abdeslam urged survivors to “hate me in moderation.” Image: Abdeslam arrested on March 18, 2016. Pic: VTM via AP He asserted that his confession had been obtained through torture and that his confession had been obtained through torture. “It was a shock to me. I did not know how to react. I showed that I was not ready for it,” Abdeslam told the court. “He ended up convincing me.” He was reportedly wearing the explosive vest on the night of November 13 as his brother and other IS extremists spread throughout Paris, stepping up attacks. “I go into the cafe, I order a drink,” Abdeslam said. “I was thinking. I looked at people laughing, dancing. And then I realized I could not do it. I told myself I was not going to do it,” he said, referring to a sense of “humanity”. . An explosives police officer told the court the suicide belt was defective, but Abdeslam testified that he turned it off. Image: The attacks killed 130 people on November 13, 2015 “There are no words for that,” he said. Asked by his lawyer about his mother and the loss of her eldest son’s death, Abdeslam began to cry for the first time since the trial began in September, according to French media reports. “I express my condolences and ask for forgiveness for all the victims,” ​​he said. This met with a variety of reactions in court, with an outburst of anger from the public. He also repeatedly asked for forgiveness for the other three defendants, who are on trial for helping him escape. Georges Salin, whose daughter Lola was killed in Bataklan, told France-Info radio that Abdeslam was “trying to settle down”. [many] contradictions in his head. He is trying to solve them, but his path will be long “. Abdeslam said he left his coffee and tried to reach out to friends for help, taking a taxi across Paris to Montrouge, where he said he pulled the detonator out of his explosive vest and threw it into a bucket. He hid, initially near Paris and later escaped to Brussels with friends, where he was arrested four months later. If convicted of murder, he faces up to life in prison. The verdict is expected on June 24.