Reading of the names of those killed, wreath laying, minute of silence, the same ceremony was repeated throughout the morning.
Seven years later, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne paid tribute on Sunday to the victims of the attacks of November 13, 2015, observing a minute of silence at the sites of the attacks in Paris and Saint-Denis. The Stade de France, the terraces of the Carillon and the Petit Cambodge, La Bonne Bière, the Comptoir Voltaire, the Belle Équipe and finally the Bataclan concert hall: almost the same ceremonial – reading the names of those killed, depositing wreath, minute of silence – was repeated throughout the morning in tribute to the 130 dead and more than 350 injured in the worst terrorist attacks in the history of France, claimed by the Islamic State organization (EI).
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The historic trial of these attacks ended on June 29, 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 criminal code. His 19 co-accused (six of whom five were presumed dead were tried in their absence) were sentenced to terms ranging from two years’ imprisonment to life.
Elisabeth Borne was surrounded on Sunday in particular by the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo and the presidents of the associations of victims Life for Paris Arthur Dénouveaux, and 13onze15 Philippe Duperron.
“I am thinking today of all the victims of the attacks (…). To all those broken lives. To all those who live every day without a loved one. To all survivors. Time erases neither the memory nor the pain“, tweeted François Hollande, who was head of state during these attacks which had sown terror in the country.