It's a date that no French person can forget. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne took part Monday (November 13th) in Paris and Saint-Denis in brief ceremonies to pay tribute to the 130 victims killed eight years ago in the worst terrorist attacks in France, claimed by the Islamic State (IS) organization.
Alongside the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo and the president of the National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet, the head of government gathered successively at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, in front of five Parisian bars or restaurants targeted by the attackers, and finally in front of the concert hall of the Bataclan - where 90 people were killed.
"Placed under the sign of sobriety, dignity and contemplation", this ceremony took place "without speech", said the Paris mayor's office.
"On #13Novembre2015, Islamist terrorism struck the France right in the heart," Elisabeth Borne commented on X (ex-Twitter). "A day engraved in our memory, like the faces and names of those who were snatched from us by barbarism. Tribute to the victims, their loved ones, the survivors. Let us never forget," she added.
On #13Novembre2015, Islamist terrorism struck the France right in the heart.
A day engraved in our memory, like the faces and names of those who were snatched from us by barbarism.
Tribute to the victims, their loved ones, the survivors. Let us never forget. pic.twitter.com/cKaUNeEcQ9
— Élisabeth BORNE (@Elisabeth_Borne) November 13, 2023
130 dead and 350 injured
The attacks of November 13, 2015, carried out by three jihadist commandos, killed 130 people and wounded more than 350, in Paris in the Bataclan concert hall and on the terraces of bars and restaurants, as well as in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) near the Stade de France.
See also "22:01 p.m.", the story of a victim of the November 13 attacks
The historic trial of these attacks ended in June 2022, after ten months of hearings.
The Special Assize Court in Paris sentenced Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving member of the commandos, to life imprisonment, the heaviest sentence in the penal code. His 19 co-defendants (six, five of whom were presumed dead, were tried in absentia) were sentenced to prison terms ranging from two years to life imprisonment.
With AFP
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