Paris, France and Bataclan
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Another moving moment came from Le Choeur du 13 (The Choir of the 13th), a group of 45 singers named after the day of the attacks and comprising choristers directly affected by the events. The choir gave a recital that included the Rival Sons song Shooting Stars, in front of an audience of 1,500 people at the Garden of Remembrance.
They targeted fans at the Stade de France stadium and cafe-goers and ending with a bloodbath in the Bataclan, killing 130 people. Two survivors who later took their own life as consequence of the physical and mental trauma also have been recognized as victims.
We bring you a special edition of the commemorations of the November 2015 Paris attacks, when a jihadist cell sowed terror at the Stade de France, cafés in the east of the French capital and inside
On the 10th anniversary of the Bataclan Paris concert attacks that killed 90, survivors tell us they are still processing trauma — but choosing hope.
Xavier Lesaffre, an emergency doctor on the November night in 2015 when terrorists unleashed mayhem on Paris, collects his thoughts carefully before recalling the sequence of events that led him from a dinner party with friends to the epicentre of the carnage at the Bataclan concert venue.
What happened 10 years ago was perhaps the worst thing that ever happened in my life," Jesse Hughes tells Rolling Stone
Ten years ago, Arthur Dénouveaux was in the Bataclan concert hall as attackers stormed the building and murdered 90 people. He told RFI how life has changed in the decade since, and why he hopes the ten-year anniversary will mark a turning point.
France is holding a series of ceremonies marking ten years since coordinated Islamist attacks in the capital, Paris, left 130 people dead and hundreds wounded. A survivor describes what happened that night and how he has rebuilt his life.