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10 Years After Bataclan, Nothing Has Changed – Allah's Willing Executioners

Hélène de Lauzun
Time seemed to stand still today in Paris as
the city commemorated the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 13 November 2015, which left 132 people dead and more than 400 wounded. Official ceremonies were held at the scene of the tragedy in the east of the capital, in front of the Bataclan concert hall and at the surrounding cafés whose terraces had been targeted by the deadly commando. Ten years later, the wound has still not healed, and for good reason: the context that allowed this mass killing to take place has not fundamentally changed.
The attacks claimed 130 victims. 132, if we count the two survivors of the Bataclan, who could not cope with the trauma of the attack they had escaped and ended up taking their own lives. A crowd of strangers gathered throughout the day to pay tribute to them at the various sites targeted by the terrorists.
The commemorations began in the morning at Gate D of the Stade de France, in the presence of the family of Manuel …

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