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Remembering Bataclan: Paris Mourns Victims of 2015 Massacre (PHOTO, VIDEO)

© REUTERS / Etienne Laurent/PoolFrench President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo (L) stand in front of a commemorative plaque displayed at the entrance the Bataclan concert venue during a ceremony marking the second anniversary of the Paris attacks of November 2015 in which 130 people were killed, in Paris, France, November 13, 2017
French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo (L) stand in front of a commemorative plaque displayed at the entrance the Bataclan concert venue during a ceremony marking the second anniversary of the Paris attacks of November 2015 in which 130 people were killed, in Paris, France, November 13, 2017 - Sputnik International
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Citizens of Paris hold a vigil for the victims of terrorist attacks that rocked the French capital on this day two years ago.

This Monday, November 13 France mourns the victims of a series of terrorist attacks that occurred across Paris two years ago, claiming the lives of 130 and leaving 413 injured, making it the deadliest attack in France since World War II.

Scores of Parisians have gathered outside the Bataclan concert hall where 90 people were slain during that horrible massacre, holding a vigil for the departed.

 

French President Emmanuel Macron himself honored the victims of the terrorist act, laying wreaths at the sites of the attacks and offering words of consolation to the families of victims.

© SputnikParisians in front of the Bataclan concert hall. November 13, 2017
Parisians in front of the Bataclan concert hall. November 13, 2017 - Sputnik International
Parisians in front of the Bataclan concert hall. November 13, 2017
© AP Photo / Thibault CamusRescue workers help a woman after a shooting, outside the Bataclan theater in Paris, Friday Nov. 13, 2015.
Rescue workers help a woman after a shooting, outside the Bataclan theater in Paris, Friday Nov. 13, 2015.  - Sputnik International
Rescue workers help a woman after a shooting, outside the Bataclan theater in Paris, Friday Nov. 13, 2015.

On November 13, 2015 a group of terrorists staged a series of bloody attacks at six locations across Paris.

The terrorists carried out suicide bombings at several venues across the city, including the Bataclan concert hall, followed by an indiscriminate shooting spree, slaughtering scores of innocent civilians.

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