The alleged¹ leader of a French kidnap gang has gone on trial in Paris accused of torturing and killing² a Jewish man - a crime that shocked France in 2006.

2006年震惊法国的折磨并杀害一名犹太人案件在巴黎开庭审理，犯罪嫌疑人为法国一绑架团伙。

 
Ilam Halimi suffered weeks of torture before he was stabbed to death

Youssouf Fofana - who admits kidnapping 23-year-old Ilan Halimi but denies killing him - shouted "God is great" in Arabic as he entered the courtroom.

Some 26 of his alleged associates are also on trial for lesser³ offences.

The trial, due to last until July, will be held behind closed doors because of the young age of two of the defendants⁵.

The killing prompted thousands of people to take to the streets of Paris and protest against anti-Semitism（反犹太主义）.

Mr Halimi was kidnapped and brutally⁶ tortured for more than three weeks before he was found naked and tied to a tree near a railway track in the southern suburbs of Paris.

He had been stabbed（刺） and set alight and died on his way to hospital.

Mr Fofana, 28, leader of a Paris gang known as The Barbarians⁸, is accused of carrying out the attack and faces life imprisonment⁹ if found guilty.

He entered the court wearing a white tracksuit（田径服，运动外套） and looked at Mr Halimi's relatives before shouting "Allahu akbar".

When the judge asked the defendant⁴ for his identity, he replied "African barbarian⁷ armed revolt（叛乱，反抗） salafist", referring to a strict Sunni Muslim movement.

He the told the court he was born on 13 February, 2006, in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois - the date and place of Mr Halimi's death.

Mr Fofana is alleged（被说成的，被指成的） to have ordered gang members to kidnap Jews and hold them until their families paid a ransom¹⁰（赎金，赎身）.

The victim, who worked in a mobile phone shop, was lured¹¹（引诱，诱惑） by a female gang member to an empty apartment in the Parisian suburbs where he was attacked and drugged.

The kidnappers¹² tried unsuccessfully to extort¹³（勒索，敲诈） a ransom of 450,000 euros ($600,000; £405,000) from his family.

During his ordeal¹⁴（严酷的考验，痛苦的经验）, his family was sent harrowing（悲痛的，难受的） images and video recordings¹⁵ by his captors.

Jacques Chirac, who was president at the time, promised his parents a full investigation¹⁶.

Mr Fofana, of Ivorian descent（降落，家系）, fled to Ivory Coast after the murder and allegedly made death threats over the telephone Mr Halimi's father and girlfriend.

He was extradited（引渡） back to France in March 2006.