November 13 trial: a commissioner in the hell of the Bataclan
The interior of the courtroom built especially for the trial of the November 13 attacks, in the Palais de Justice in Paris, September 2, 2021. © Thomas Coex, AFP
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This Wednesday, September 22, two strong testimonies marked the November 13 trial.
That of the head of the BRI, Christophe Molmy, who led the assault on the terrorists of the Bataclan, and that of the commissioner of the BAC, who entered the scene first and killed a terrorist, just a few minutes after the start. of the attack in the auditorium.
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On the evening of November 13, 2015, the number of the Parisian night squad patrolled with its driver when it received the alert of an attack at the Bataclan. The continuation, this commissioner of the BAC told it during the hearing, with words which can shock the sensitive ears. The calm of the commissioner who came to testify at the bar contrasts with the horror he will describe for nearly two hours. Arrived first on the scene, armed with his simple service weapon, he decides to enter the room without waiting for reinforcements: "
We must go
", he said to his driver.
“
We pushed open the doors, saying to ourselves that we might never go through them again in the other direction,
” he begins. With his back to the dumbfounded audience room, he then describes a succession of apocalyptic scenes. First, that of "
a carpet of bodies, sometimes over a meter high
" in the Bataclan pit. Then, when he manages to shoot a terrorist on the scene, "
an explosion sounds, that of his explosive belt, and confetti seems to fly." It will turn out to be human flesh.
"
On two occasions, the commissioner will return inside the room, in particular to extract the wounded "
extremely heavy to move because their clothes were soaked in blood
", he explains calmly.
With a tight voice, the commissioner concluded: “
We only had our courage to oppose the terrorists.
"
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