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| PARIS — A French journalist held hostage for months by extremists in Syria identified one of his captors Saturday as a Frenchman suspected of later killing four at the Brussels Jewish Museum, saying the militant had taken sadistic delight in mistreating prisoners. | PARIS — A French journalist held hostage for months by extremists in Syria identified one of his captors Saturday as a Frenchman suspected of later killing four at the Brussels Jewish Museum, saying the militant had taken sadistic delight in mistreating prisoners. |
| Nicolas Henin, the journalist, said he often heard Mehdi Nemmouche, who he said was among his captors from July to December 2013, torturing Syrians being held in the same former hospital basement. Once, Mr. Henin told reporters, Mr. Nemmouche punched him in the face and then showed off his gloves. | Nicolas Henin, the journalist, said he often heard Mehdi Nemmouche, who he said was among his captors from July to December 2013, torturing Syrians being held in the same former hospital basement. Once, Mr. Henin told reporters, Mr. Nemmouche punched him in the face and then showed off his gloves. |
| “He was very proud, telling me ‘You saw these motorcycle gloves? I bought them just for you, to punch you in the face. Did you like them?’ That sums up the violent and provocative personality of Mehdi Nemmouche that I frequently saw,” Mr. Henin said. | “He was very proud, telling me ‘You saw these motorcycle gloves? I bought them just for you, to punch you in the face. Did you like them?’ That sums up the violent and provocative personality of Mehdi Nemmouche that I frequently saw,” Mr. Henin said. |
| Mr. Henin arranged the news conference on Saturday after the information came out in the French publications Le Monde and Le Point. He said he was unhappy that it had become public. | Mr. Henin arranged the news conference on Saturday after the information came out in the French publications Le Monde and Le Point. He said he was unhappy that it had become public. |
| Mr. Henin was held for a time with James Foley and Steven J. Sotloff, American journalists who were both beheaded by extremists from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. He was released in April with other French journalists who had been held since June 2013. | Mr. Henin was held for a time with James Foley and Steven J. Sotloff, American journalists who were both beheaded by extremists from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. He was released in April with other French journalists who had been held since June 2013. |
| Mr. Nemmouche has been in custody since his arrest in France after the Brussels killing in May. The attack crystallized fears of European governments that Europeans who join radical fighters in Syria could stage attacks at home. | Mr. Nemmouche has been in custody since his arrest in France after the Brussels killing in May. The attack crystallized fears of European governments that Europeans who join radical fighters in Syria could stage attacks at home. |
| “It seemed to us that he did not leave for Syria because of some grand ideals but, above all, to make his mark, to carry out a murderous path that he had traced,” Mr. Henin said. | “It seemed to us that he did not leave for Syria because of some grand ideals but, above all, to make his mark, to carry out a murderous path that he had traced,” Mr. Henin said. |