Ten Years Since Paris Attacks: France Mourns 130 Victims | APT

France will on Thursday, November 13, mark ten years since the coordinated terrorist attacks that struck Paris in 2015, killing 130 people and leaving a deep scar on the nation’s collective memory.

The attacks — targeting the Bataclan concert hall, bars, restaurants, and the Stade de France — were the deadliest on French soil since World War Two. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility, saying the assault was retaliation for France’s military involvement against ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving member of the terrorist cell, was convicted of terrorism and murder charges in 2022 and sentenced to life in prison. Nineteen other men were also found guilty of aiding the attackers in planning and executing the massacre.

A decade later, France still bears the emotional weight of that night. The phrase “Fluctuat nec mergitur” — Paris’s centuries-old motto meaning “Tossed by the waves, but never sunk” — became a national symbol of resilience, displayed across the city and illuminated on the Eiffel Tower in the aftermath of the tragedy.

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