A minute of silence will be observed this Tuesday, November 19, at the opening of the Paris Council, to pay tribute to Paul Varry, the cyclist killed last month by a man driving an SUV.
A tribute within the Town Hall. On the occasion of the Paris Council, which opens this Tuesday at 9 a.m., Mayor Anne Hidalgo and all elected officials will observe a minute of silence in tribute to Paul Varry, cyclist killed on October 15 after being struck by a motorist.
For the record, the 27-year-old young man was run over by a 52-year-old driver in the 8th arrondissement. The latter was then indicted for murder three days after the events, then imprisoned.
Very involved in the associative sector, Paul Varry was at the head of the Paris en Selle collective in Saint-Ouen and Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis). The association gathered its members for a tribute the day after the death of the cyclist.
Soon a place in his name?
In addition to the minute of silence observed this Tuesday at the opening of the session during the Paris Council, the town hall should also determine a place which will be renamed in the name of the victim.
Other gestures of tribute will be made at the opening of the municipal council, in particular a minute in honor of Thomas Lauret, former councilor between 2014 and 2020 who passed away last month, as well as for Simon Fieschi, victim of the The attack perpetrated against Charlie Hebdo in 2015, also disappeared last month.
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