This Thursday, France paid an emotional tribute. 132 people killed, over 400 injured 10 years ago attack Crime committed by three people Jihad kamikaze against cafes, restaurants and Bataclan concert hall In Paris.
Throughout the day, survivors and families of victims paid their respects to the dead and injured at sites of the deadliest attack on mainland France since World War II. A wreath was laid and a minute’s silence was observed. At each location, the names of all those who died were read out.
he major compliments The event, sponsored by the Paris City Council and commemorating the 132 victims, two of the Bataclan survivors who later committed suicide, adding them to the 130 toll on that fateful day in 2015, opened Thursday afternoon with an instrumental version. hell’s bellsby AC/DC, intertwined with the ringing of bells from the electronic organ. notre dame cathedral and other churches in the capital.
The ceremony was performed by several people in a specially set up box. 1,500 peopleThis includes the President of France. Emmanuel Macron members of the government. Mayor of Paris, Ann Hidalgowe also extend our condolences to the survivors of the attack, the families of the victims, and the professionals who were on the front lines on that fateful night.
Designed in close collaboration with two victim organizations, 13onze15 and life in paris (Disbanded at the end of the ceremony), the memorial service veered between spectacle and solemnity, dedicated to the dead, the living, and the “heroes” of the night (police officers, firefighters, doctors).
The artistic director of this tribute was Thierry Leboul He was the executive director of the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games.
This Australian band’s legendary hard rock title was performed on an electronic organ by French-Cameroonian Anne Shiley. November 13, 2015 At the foot of the 100-year-old elm, the so-called “Tree of Justice”, located in the center of the garden, next to the Paris Consistory, in the square of the Saint-Gervais church, two steps from Notre Dame Cathedral.
A few minutes before the ceremony begins, The Great Bell of Notre Dame, The bells, known as Emmanuel and Marie, will be tolled in unison in the churches of Saint-Sulpice, Sacré-Coeur, Saint-Germain, Saint-Eustache and other Parisian churches, as a symbol of “unity” in memory of the 132 people killed by the three jihadists and the “shock” of the “magnitude of evil” of that “long night of suffering,” Paris Archbishop Laurent said today. Ulrich.
The pain of the 132 people killed was also reflected in the image of light that emerged from it. Mariana’s Tree of Justice – one of the symbols of the French Republic – is crying.
President Macron’s speech
In his speech, President Macron said: guaranteed that France says it will “do everything possible” to prevent another terrorist attack. In fact, the president recalled the last 10 years. 85 attacks were thwarted, 6 of them in 2025.
“They were not victims of vague abstractions. killed by terrorists who identified with Islamist ideology; (…) As much as we have tried to quash that jihadism, it has reincarnated into forms that are more unpredictable, more insidious and more difficult to detect,” he warned.
The French president pointed to the Middle East, Central Asia and the Horn of Africa as regions where this new form of jihadism is making a comeback. “Surveillance is permanently in place at each of these locations.” he declared.
For Mr Macron, France has been “strengthening itself” for a decade with “unprecedented measures” Measures adopted since 2015 include tightening border controls, closing certain places of worship, and “eradication programs” of extremist speech to prevent certain people from committing acts of terrorism.
The President recalled that those killed in the attack were of 17 different nationalities. “In the eyes of the murderers, they were all French children.”
Before Macron takes the floor Philippe Duperron The chairman of 13onze15 released a message this Thursday to fight against attempts to divide society, saying: Build security without sacrificing freedom. ”
Duperron, the father of one of the 132 people who died as a result of these attacks, accused “beyond an irresponsible president, many politicians here, in Europe and elsewhere, are dedicated to sowing discord and discord.” He also criticized social networks for “flooding” young people with “hateful content”.
That’s what happened afterwards Arthur Deneuveau The Bataclan survivor and president of Life for Paris, the second largest victims’ organization, emphasized: It is impossible for them to return to normal life.
“I wanted to say that hope will drag us down, but that would be false. Hope does not show us any path,” Deneuveau declared to the audience, adding: “In this situation, we, the victims, have nothing to offer you other than the demand to live in a society according to the values and laws modeled on France and its democracy.”
He recalled the stages they had gone through over the last 10 years, especially the court case. There, the victims were able to “not only express our pain, but above all, remember in front of the executioner that we will never give in.”
The president of Life for Paris admitted: “There is currently no cure for claustrophobia.” “The past is unilluminated and the future is elusive.” But if there’s anything they’ve learned, it’s “to hold fast to what you want.”
“I believe that we should not leave a better world for our children. We must fight every day to live in a better world with our children. Life is so fragile and we must love it,” he concluded.
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