From the Liveblog of
Sunday, November 13, 2016
France marks one year since Paris attacks
France today marks the first anniversary of the Paris attacks with somber ceremonies and painful memories for the relatives of the 130 people killed.
President Francois Hollande unveiled plaques at sites across the city that were attacked by the Islamic State jihadist group, starting at the Stade de France.
Hollande and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo also unveiled plaques outside bars and restaurants in the trendy neighborhood where gunmen sprayed bullets at people enjoying a Friday evening out.
The final ceremony took place outside the Bataclan, the concert hall where 90 people were killed by three attackers during a rock gig in the culmination of the carnage.
The names of those killed at the concert were read out as hundreds of people gathered under rainy skies watched in silence.
—AFP
The Times of Israel Community.