France: ceremony in Paris in tribute to victims of terrorism
The final commemorative plaque inaugurated on November 13, 2016 in Paris, in memory of the victims of the attack during a concert at the Bataclan.
130 people had been killed.
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In France, while the trial of the January 2015 attacks began a fortnight ago, a gathering of the French Association of Victims of Terrorism was organized late Saturday afternoon in Paris.
31 years, to the day, after the attack on UTA's DC 10 in Niger, which killed 170 people.
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Under the Arc de Triomphe, a sober gathering in memory of all the French victims of terrorism.
In the midst of
the
Charlie Hebdo
trial
, it is also an opportunity to recall how important justice is for all families and loved ones.
“
The goal is to always say that a terrorist crime will never go unpunished.
Even years later, we will never give up.
We systematically hope in each attack that one day those responsible, whoever they are, -
senior officials or small officials
-
, will be tried and condemned
”, underlines Guillaume Denoix de Saint Marc, director of the French Association of Victims terrorism (AFVT).
Some cases remain more complex than others to elucidate.
This is of course the case with that of
Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon
, our colleagues from RFI, assassinated in 2013 in Kidal in Mali.
The General Assembly of their support association took place a few days ago and Guillaume Denoix de Saint Marc wants to be optimistic: “
It's a complicated issue,
he admits.
This is an issue that we are following very closely.
I believe that we are in a phase of clarification and at the same time of progress.
It's pretty positive.
Now, nothing is ever won so we will continue to follow this closely.
"
Since 1979, 317 people have been victims of Islamist terrorism in France.
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To read also: Emmanuel Macron calls not to forget the memory of the victims of terrorism
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