10 years ago, “the heart of Paris was ripped out”. 132 people died (two Portuguese)

On November 13, 2015, Paris experienced the deadliest attacks in France since the Second World War. The next day, they would be claimed by the Islamic State.

On the night of November 13, 2015, Paris was the scene of multiple terrorist attacks carried out by nine armed men in different locations in the French capital – namely near the Stade de Francewhere the football match between France and Germany was taking place, several restaurants and the Bataclan concert hall, where a concert was taking place.

The attacks that occurred practically simultaneouslyin at least 6 different locations, and caused 132 dead and several injured.

Two of these victims were Portuguese: , 63 years old, emigrated to France 45 years ago; and , 35 years old, daughter of a Portuguese father and French mother.

The first to die was Manuel. He was a driver and that night he had gone to drop off three customers at the Stade de Francewho were going to watch the football game.

Precília, in turn, was at the Bataclanwatching the North American band’s concert. Died 20 minutes later.

Os attackswhich also caused more than 400 injuries, would be claimed by the ‘jihadist’ group Islamic State the next day.

“The heart of Paris has been ripped out”

The president of the European Commission today recalled the terrorist attacks in Paris 10 years ago, stating that the “heart of Paris was ripped out”.

“On November 13, 2015, 10 years ago, the heart of Paris was ripped out. That night, people who lived their lives normally – sitting on café terraces, watching a concert – had their lives brutally taken away and, 10 years later, we remember”, recalled the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.

In a statement released in Brussels on the day marking 10 years of these terrorist attacks, the leader of the community executive remembers “the 132 victims, their faces, their interrupted stories”.

“We think of all those who survived and those who still carry the scars, visible or invisible, from that terrible night. We also have in mind their families, their loved ones and all those who, over the last 10 years, have carried the crushing weight of grief, but we also remember France’s response, the response of a nation that did not allow itself to be overcome by pain”, he states.

“That night, lives were stolen. It was an attack on our values ​​– of freedom, peace and tolerance, the joy of being together – values ​​that shaped France, values ​​of which Europe is proud.. Today, France is in mourning and we cry with her and Paris was hurt, but Paris is still alive”, says Ursula von der Leyen.

Paris opens “garden of memory”

France today marks the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of November 13, 2015 with a major ceremony that will include the inauguration of a “garden of memory” in the French capital.

The event will feature a speech by the French President, Emmanuel Macronand was created by those responsible for the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The new “garden of memory”, located in front of Paris City Hall, is a stone enclosure from which granite blocks emerge, evoking the six locations of the attacks – the deadliest to occur in France since the Second World War –, with the names of the victims engraved on them and, on the floor, a map of the streets.