for the 10th anniversary of the attacks, the program of official commemorations

COMMEMORATIONS – It was ten years ago, France was hit hard by terrorism one morning in January, suffering one of the biggest traumas of recent decades. This Tuesday, January 7, it is time for remembrance with a day of tributes to the victims who fell that day, during the attack on Charlie Hebdobut also on January 9, during the attack on the Hyper Cacher.

« Paris will never forget », writes the capital’s town hall on its website announcing the program for this day of commemoration. Three ceremonies are planned marked by sobriety, in accordance with the wishes of victims and families “, she specifies. Minute of silence, wreaths of flowers, Marseillaise and greetings to the families are to be expected.

Three ceremonies in Paris

• Ceremony for the victims of Charlie Hebdo

Thus, at 11:30 a.m., a first ceremony will take place at 10 rue Nicolas-Appert, address of the former premises of Charlie Hebdo, in the 11th arrondissement, for a tribute to the victims of the attack. Among them, there are eight members of the editorial staff: the designers Cabu, Charb, Honoré, Tignous and Wolinski, the psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Elsa Cayat, the economist Bernard Maris and the proofreader Mustapha Ourrad.

But also Franck Brinsolaro, police officer responsible for protecting Charb. Frédéric Boisseau, maintenance agent who worked in the newspaper’s premises that day, and Michel Renaud, former chief of staff to the mayor of Clermont-Ferrand, guest of the editorial conference

• Ceremony in tribute to police officer Ahmed Merabet

Another ceremony will then be held at 12 p.m. at 62 boulevard Richard-Lenoir, where police officer Ahmed Merabet was killed by one of the Kouachi brothers after they left the newspaper’s premises.

• Ceremony for the victims of Hyper Cacher

Finally, the third moment of contemplation will take place further in eastern Paris, around 1:10 p.m. at 23 avenue de la Porte de Vincennes in the 20th arrondissement, in front of the Hyper Cacher store.

That day, during the hostage-taking, Amedy Coulibaly, accomplice of the Kouachi brothers, killed four people who were shopping before the start of Shabbat: Yohan Cohen, student and store employee, Philippe Braham, sales executive, François-Michel Saada, retired executive, and Yoav Hattab, student. Amedy Coulibaly is killed in the police assault which, late in the afternoon, frees the hostages held in the store.

Emmanuel Macron present during the commemorations

These commemorations will take place in the presence of President Emmanuel Macron, the city of Paris had already announced in a press release on Monday December 30. Anne Hidalgo, will also be present “ alongside ministers and local elected officials” during the ceremony.

People wishing to go to the site to pay their respects will be able to do so after various events, specifies the City.

As for municipal police officer Clarissa Jean-Philippe, shot dead in Montrouge on January 8 by Amedy Coulibaly, tributes will be paid to her on Wednesday at the scene of the attack. A ceremony is also planned to inaugurate the new name of the Montrouge police station: Clarissa Jean-Philippe.

France Télévisions adapts its program

This Tuesday, the event will be broadcast on France 2 from 10:50 a.m. In the evening, the channel also scheduled after the 8 p.m. news, an evening “ exceptional » around the questions « Are we all still Charlie? » et « Where are we with freedom of expression? ».

Live from the BNF, Caroline Roux will receive journalists and cartoonists from Charlie, including Riss. Then, at 11:15 p.m. Infrared will be broadcast a documentary by Romain Verley entitled The test of a lifetime – Michel Catalano facing the Kouachi. Then, at 12:05 a.m. it will be the turn of Charlie, against all odds.

For its part, Franceinfo is programming a special day, with testimonies from actors and personalities, as well as new reports and debates on freedom of expression or secularism. Will also be available on the France.tv platform So let them bea film written and directed by Riss.

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