Haunting testimonials from parents arouse emotions during terror trial: “In the beginning you don’t believe that your son really died” | Interior

He can no longer speak for himself, but we can for him.

Deborah Huyghe, Mother of Bart, one of the victims of the bomb attack in Zaventem

Before the moment of the testimony, Deborah was very apprehensive about it, but afterwards there is mainly relief. She has been able to express her feelings and sees her testimony as one last thing she could do for her deceased son: “He can no longer speak for himself, but we can speak for him.” But for the parents, it is also the last thing they needed to put the years of grief and pain behind them. “Now I feel relief that I did and can finish this for myself,” says Deborah. And she also has a message for the terrorists: “I choose not to hate.”