Fatima Hadfi, the mother of the youngest person who was involved in the deadly Paris attacks, said she was "proud" that her son, 20-year-old Bilal, had killed no one but himself after he detonated his suicide vest outside France's national stadium, according to The Blaze.
In an interview with Maghreb TV, a popular network among the country's Moroccan community, Fatima further stated that she was completely unaware of the radicalization of her child. It was only after her son called her earlier this year from Syria that she knew of his conversion to the Islamic State's extremist views. Her son had previously said that he was just going on a vacation.
"What is the hardest, I think, is that for nine months we didn't see him, for four months we had no news of him, and he blew himself up outside my door. Because Paris is far and near at the same time. I wonder all the time if he suffered. I am proud that he had no victims," Hadfi said, according to FOX News.
Bilal was on the phone with the mastermind of the Paris attacks for 40 minutes before the initial detonation on Nov. 13. Eventually, Bilal also detonated his suicide vest, though he did so away from his intended targets, killing only himself.
The grieving mother stated that she blames the Islamic State for recruiting her son and indoctrinating him with its irrational, savage views. She believes that ISIS took advantage of Bilal's feelings of discrimination in Belgium and used them as a means to pollute his way of thinking, reports Arutz Sheva.
The six coordinated attacks initiated by three teams of ISIS terrorists killed more than 130 people and injured hundreds of others in Paris in November.
