November 13 attacks. seven years later, Elizabeth Bourne pays tribute to the victims

Seven years on, Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne on Sunday paid tribute to the victims of the November 13, 2015, attacks with a minute’s silence at the sites of the Paris and Saint-Denis attacks. Stade de France, Carillon and Petit Cambodge terraces, La Bonne Bière, Comptoir Voltaire, Belle Équipe and finally the Bataclan concert hall; almost the same ceremony: reading the names of the killed, laying a wreath, min. silence – was repeated throughout the morning to pay tribute to the 130 killed and more than 350 injured in the worst terror attacks in French history, which have been claimed by the Islamic State group.

The historic trial for these attacks ended on June 29 after ten months of hearings. The Special Court of Paris has sentenced Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving member of the Commandos, to life imprisonment, which is the most severe punishment in the criminal code. His 19 co-conspirators (six of whom were presumed dead, tried in their absence) were sentenced to two years to life in prison.

Elisabeth Bourne was surrounded on Sunday, in particular, by the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, and the president of the victims’ associations, Arthur Denuveau and 13onze15 Philippe Duperon.

“I am thinking today about all the victims of the attacks (…). To all those broken lives. To all those who live without a loved one every day. To all survivors. Time erases neither memory nor painFrançois Hollande, who was the head of state at the time of these attacks, sowed terror in the country, wrote on Twitter.