On January 7 and 8, 2015, the attacks against Charlie Hebdo and Hyper Cacher carried out by the Kouachi brothers and Amedy Coulibaly plunged the whole of France into mourning. Spontaneous gatherings were immediately organized. In Lorraine, tens of thousands of people march in silence and meditation. An unprecedented mobilization.
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January 7, 2015, the editorial staff of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo is decimated. Twelve people, including eight members of the editorial staff, lost their lives in the attack on the weekly by the Kouachi brothers, French people of Algerian origin who had pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda. After two days of tracking, the latter were shot dead by the GIGN, an elite group of the gendarmerie, in a printing house in Dammartin-en-Goële (Seine-et-Marne), where they had taken refuge. Among the victims of January 7, 2015 are the emblematic director of the newspaper, the cartoonist Charb, as well as two legends of caricature in France, Cabu and Wolinski. All over France, spontaneous gatherings are flourishing.
Demonstration of support at Stanislas Square in Nancy for the victims of the attack against the editorial staff of Charlie Hebdo in Paris.
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© Patrice Saucourt / MAXPPP
In Nancy, 3,000 people demonstrated in reaction to this killing at Place Stanislas, displaying the slogan “I am Charlie” on stickers or posters. There are 10,000 the next day and 50,000 on Sunday.
Arrival of the procession of 50,000 people on Place Stanislas for a Republican march in tribute to the 17 victims of the Paris attacks.
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© Alexandre MARCHI / MAXPPP
Attacks against Charlie and the Hyper Cacher: a procession of 50,000 people paraded through the streets of Nancy on Sunday January 11, 2015 before converging on Place Stanislas.
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© Alexandre MARCHI / MAXPPP
Following the attack perpetrated at the headquarters of the newspaper Charlie Hebdo, a silent and republican rally is organized from 6 p.m., Place d’Armes in Metz. The socialist mayor, Dominique Gros, invites the Messins to participate in this tribute to the victims in the name of “freedom of expression, one of the most precious assets of the Republic, targeted, it is the entire Republic which is touched to the heart“. Nearly 3,000 people responded to the call that evening.
On Sunday January 11, 2015, 45,000 people marched in silence in Metz, 8,000 in Epinal, 6,000 in Thionville, 3,000 in Toul, 2,200 in St-Avold, 2,000 in Longwy and 1,300 in Sarrebourg.
