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France Holds Commemoration Services for Victims of November 2015 Terrorist Attacks - Photo, Video

© REUTERS / Christophe Archambault/PoolPhilippe Duperron, president of the association "13onze15, Fraternite et Verite" which represents the victims of the Paris attacks, French Prime Minister Jean Castex, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin and Mayor of Paris' 11th arrondissement Francois Vauglin pay tribute outside the Bataclan concert venue during ceremonies marking the fifth anniversary of the November 2015 jihadist attacks in which 130 people were killed in Paris, France November 13, 2020
Philippe Duperron, president of the association 13onze15, Fraternite et Verite which represents the victims of the Paris attacks, French Prime Minister Jean Castex, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin and Mayor of Paris' 11th arrondissement Francois Vauglin pay tribute outside the Bataclan concert venue during ceremonies marking the fifth anniversary of the November 2015 jihadist attacks in which 130 people were killed in Paris, France November 13, 2020 - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A series of memorial services have been held in Paris to pay tribute to victims of several Islamist terrorist attacks five years ago in the French capital, French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Friday.

"In memory of the injured and murdered victims of the attacks of November 13, 2015," Castex wrote in a series of tweets while attending the scenes of attacks.

Apart from Castex, other top officials including Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, and Saint-Denis mayor Mathieu Hanotin participated in commemoration services.

​Earlier in November, the city administration cancelled mass memorial ceremonies over the terror acts that occurred on November 13, 2015, due to the worsening epidemiological situation and other Covid-19 restrictions.

Small groups of elected officials and members of associations of victims of the attacks all participated in Friday's services.

A series of coordinated Islamist attacks, which occurred in different parts of the French capital and its northern suburb of Saint-Denis in 2015, claimed a total of 130 lives with another 400 people reportedly injured.

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