One year after the Paris attacks: A nation remembers the tragedy
As Paris officially marked the one-year anniversary of last November’s terrorist attacks, with a concert by Sting in the since abandoned Bataclan, French citizens are sharing their thoughts on the tragedy.
Parisians are memorialising the country’s deadliest terror attacks with striking images of places of importance on Twitter.
"A person died here, so respect the place", said this note on a tree one year ago, the morning after the #ParisAttacks pic.twitter.com/wMG3U4c0tk
— Georg Matthes (@georg_matthes) November 12, 2016
The images, taken one year ago and, again, in the present day, show the devastation that occurred 365 days ago.
More than 400 people are still recovering from physical wounds, as 20 remain hospitalised.
A further 600 are receiving counselling and psychological support for the mental scars inflicted by the tragedy.
Most of the scars from the #ParisAttacks last November have almost all disappeared. Life in #Paris goes on. pic.twitter.com/RTbz7rE60n
— Georg Matthes (@georg_matthes) November 12, 2016
President Francois Hollande and the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, will unveil commemorative plaques dedicated to the victims at the sites where people lost their lives to the terror attack.
Many official events are due to take place in Paris on Sunday. French residents have also been asked to place a small candle in their windows, in memory of the victims.
Place de la Republique the night after and a year after the #November #ParisAttacks pic.twitter.com/LuUmWc1IJT
— Georg Matthes (@georg_matthes) November 12, 2016
France remains in a state of emergency since the attacks, which will continue until the New Year.
The investigation into the tragedy is still ongoing, with nine of the attackers and four key accomplices dead, and a further 14 in custody.
