On 13 November 2015, coordinated terrorist attacks struck Paris and neighbouring Saint-Denis, killing 130 people and injuring hundreds. Eleven years later, ceremonies are scheduled at the sites of the attacks to honour those who died and recognise the lasting impact on survivors and families.
The attacks took place on a Friday evening as France played Germany in a friendly football match at the Stade de France. People were also targeted at cafés and restaurants in the French capital’s 10th and 11th districts and at the Bataclan concert hall. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility.
The trial and its verdicts
France declared a state of emergency in the aftermath. The criminal trial concluded in June 2022, when a Paris court found all 20 defendants guilty on charges connected with the case. Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving member of the group that carried out the attacks, received a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
The toll of 130 was recorded in accounts of the attacks and the trial. At the tenth anniversary in 2025, French authorities commemorated 132 victims, reflecting the wider toll recognised in the years since.
How Paris remembers
The City of Paris has scheduled tributes this morning at the Stade de France, the Bataclan and the cafés and restaurants that were targeted. Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire is due to attend alongside officials and victims’ associations. At earlier ceremonies, families and friends gathered as the names of those killed were read aloud.
In the days after the attacks, people left flowers, letters and drawings at the sites and at the Place de la République. The Paris municipal archives collected thousands of these tributes, preserving messages from neighbours and from people who wrote from farther afield. A memorial garden at Place Saint-Gervais, behind Paris City Hall, opened on the tenth anniversary and provides a place to remember the victims throughout the year.
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On 13 November 2015, coordinated terrorist attacks struck Paris and neighbouring Saint-Denis, killing 130 people and injuring hundreds. Eleven years later, ceremonies are scheduled at the sites of the attacks to honour those who died and recognise the lasting impact on survivors and families.
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