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Bar Where Terrorists Killed 5 People in Paris Attacks Set to Reopen

© AP Photo / Christophe EnaMen work on the shop front of the cafe La Bonne Biere, one of the establishments targeted during the November Paris attacks, in Paris, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015.
Men work on the shop front of the cafe La Bonne Biere, one of the establishments targeted during the November Paris attacks, in Paris, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. - Sputnik International
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The Paris bar where gunmen opened fire, killing five people in the November 13 orchestrated terror attacks, will reopen on Friday, AFP reported.

La Bonne Biere is one of several establishments in the French capital that was targeted by gunman from Daesh, also known as ISIL/The Islamic State.

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Outside, hearts have been drawn in red crayon on the streets, and there are remnants of the sand that was used to absorb the victims' blood, AFP reports. Across the street, rose stems poke through bullet holes left in the windows of Casa Nostra restaurant.

Local residents have mixed feelings about the reopening.

"It's a good thing that it's opening up again, but there will still be an awful lot of memories here," Valentine, 29, told AFP. She has been passing by La Bonne Biere every morning and evening since the attacks, sometimes lighting a candle in memory of the victims.

The front facade of La Bonne Biere has been hastily repaired and tarpaulin covers the ground.

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"There's a wound here that can't be healed," Aliette told AFP. Her friend lost a son at La Belle Equipe, a restaurant that remains closed after gunman killed 19 people there.

For now, the Bataclan concert hall, where 90 people were killed in the most deadly of the series of shootings and suicide bombings, remains closed. The owners of the venue said this week they are determined to reopen, although they are unlikely to do so until the end of next year, AFP reported.

Le Petit Cambodge, another restaurant that came under gunfire during the attacks, also will reopen, although it is not known exactly when it will do so.

"Because for every one of us, life must go on, but also out of respect for the customers who that night were at the restaurant," reads a message the staff posted on its Facebook page on Monday.

The post continued: "Our team is doing well, but it will take time to heal the psychological trauma. If we don’t reopen, it would give in and concede a victory which will never be gained … All of your attention is a great help in the face of the huge task which stands in front of us."

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