France remembers victims two years after Paris attacks killed 130 people
President Macron spoke with victims’ relatives at each of the attack sites but some refused to meet him in protest at what they say is a lack of government support
France marked two years on Monday since its worst ever terror attacks, releasing colourful balloons into the sky to remember the 130 people killed on a Friday night out in Paris.
President Emmanuel Macron laid wreaths at the six locations where gunmen and suicide bombers struck on November 13, 2015, targeting the national stadium as well as bars, restaurants and the Bataclan concert hall.
Two members of Eagles of Death Metal – the Californian band who were on stage at the Bataclan when the carnage began – performed a surprise mini-concert near the venue where 90 people were massacred.
Lead singer Jesse Hughes was visibly moved as he handed white roses to families of the victims after singing Save a Prayer, the song the band had just finished playing when the gunfire began.
It’s important to come, for all the victims – those who did not come out alive, and all the injured
“It is difficult to not to remember the people who were taken from us like our friend Nick Alexander [the band’s merchandise manager] and so many others,” Hughes told reporters.
