It was under very high security that the trial of the attacks of November 13, 2015 opened on Wednesday, September 8, at the Paris courthouse, six years after the terrorist attacks perpetrated by the Islamic State (IS) organization which have plunged France into fear and left more than 130 dead and more than 350 injured in Paris and Saint-Denis.
Like that of the attacks of January 7, 2015, this extraordinary trial, which will last nine months, is a trial for history: 1,800 civil parties, 500 lawyers, 20 defendants, including Salah Abdeslam, the only survivor of the commandos of 'attack.
On the 7th day of the trial, September 16, "soundless videos" of the tragic attacks were broadcast by the special assize court in Paris.
A moment feared by the civil parties as the trauma is so deep ...
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