[Édito] Murder of Lola: two years later, nothing has changed

I still remember that evening, two years later, when we learned of the disappearance of little Lola. A few moments later, we learned of his death. A little later, the conditions of his death were revealed. Finally, it was the name and condition of his alleged assassin, Dahbia B. – Algerian under OQTF, that we discovered.

Today, minute of silence in schools for the death of Dominique Bernard, savagely killed by Islamism a year and a day ago. « He loved Julien Gracq, Flaubert, Stendhal, Balzac; he loved Proust, Claude Simon, Céline and Pierre Michon; he loved poetry, René Char, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, […] he loved Provence, its colors, its scents; he loved ponds, rivers, flowers, forests; he loved the low evening light, […] he did not like the sound and fury of the world; he loved his daughters, his mother and his sister deeply; we loved each other. » His wife’s tribute leaves a few tears in our moved eyes.

Lola and all the others

Dominique Bernard should not have died. Lola shouldn’t have died. Thomas should not have died. Matthis should not have died. Philippine should not have died. Their names are lost in our minds, and all we have left are our tears to cry. A duty falls upon us: to preserve them in our memories so that they do not die in vain. They did not sacrifice themselves: they were killed; and for this, they deserve the status of martyrs.

The death of Lola – our daughter, our little sister – brought tears to the eyes of an entire France which suffers in silence. Twelve years old is young to die, twelve years old. His father died, committing suicide in grief. Her family, she tries to recover