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FILE - In this Oct.5, 2020 file photo, people are being checked before the trial of Sidi Ahmed Ghlam, a 29-year-old Algerian man accused of killing a woman and trying to blow up a church near Paris, a failed 2015 attack that investigators say was orchestrated by Islamic State extremists in Syria. The suspect faces life in prison if convicted and the verdict is expected later Thursday, Nov.5, 2020. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Man sentenced to life after failed French church bombing

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY - Associated Press

A riot police officer guards the stairs leading to the court before the trial of a 29-year-old Algerian man accused of killing a woman and trying to blow up a church near Paris, a failed 2015 attack that investigators say was orchestrated by Islamic State extremists in Syria, Monday, Oct. 5, 2020 in Paris. Instead of bombing a Sunday Mass in the Paris suburb of Villejuif, Sidi Ahmed Ghlam shot himself in the leg, and was soon arrested. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Trial opens for failed Islamic State attack on French church

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY - Associated Press