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Thousands Gather in Paris to Commemorate 2015 Terror Attacks

© AFP 2023 / DOMINIQUE FAGETA man holding a placard reading "I am afraid but I am here" during a gathering on Place de la Republique (Republic square) on January 10, 2016 in Paris, as the city marks a year since 1.6 million people thronged the French capital in a show of unity after attacks on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper and a Jewish supermarket
A man holding a placard reading I am afraid but I am here during a gathering on Place de la Republique (Republic square) on January 10, 2016 in Paris, as the city marks a year since 1.6 million people thronged the French capital in a show of unity after attacks on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper and a Jewish supermarket - Sputnik International
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The commemorative event, dedicated to all the victims from the 2015 attacks in France, involved President Francois Hollande, Prime Minister Manuel Valls, as well as a number of ministers, and Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo.

People stand next to the makeshift memorial in tribute to the victims of the Paris terror attacks, on January 4, 2016, at the Place de la Republique in Paris. - Sputnik International
Series of Terrorist Attacks in Paris in January 2015 in Details
PARIS (Sputnik) — Several thousand people gathered on Sunday at the Place de la Republique in Paris to commemorate the victims of the terrorist attacks that struck the country last year.

The commemorative event, dedicated to all the victims from the 2015 attacks in France, involved President Francois Hollande, Prime Minister Manuel Valls, as well as a number of ministers, and Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo.

Hollande unveiled a plaque "in memory of the victims of the terrorist attacks that occurred in January and November 2015 in Paris, Montrouge and St. Denis."

A general view shows Hundreds of thousands of people gathering on the Place de la Republique to attend the solidarity march (Rassemblement Republicain) in the streets of Paris January 11, 2015. - Sputnik International
Highlights of Unity March in Paris Honoring French Terror Attacks Victims
Paris suffered from a wave of blatant terrorist attacks in early 2015. On January 7, 2015, the office of the magazine known for publishing controversial caricatures of religious figures was attacked by Islamist gunmen who killed 12 people and wounded 11.

The next day, another extremist shot dead a policewoman in Montrouge before killing four people in an attack at a Jewish supermarket.

Following the attacks, some four million of the Frenchmen rallied across the country.

France's year of terrorist bloodshed culminated in the November 13 several attacks across Paris that killed at least 130 people and were claimed by the Islamic State (ISIL, or Daesh in Arabic) terrorist group, which is outlawed in Russia and many other countries.

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