what is the program for the day of tribute to the victims on Thursday?

A ceremony is organized Thursday by Crif in front of the Hypercacher supermarket at Porte de Vincennes where four people were killed ten years ago, before an evening of debates.

Ten years after the jihadist attacks of January 2015, the tributes continue on Thursday January 9 with a ceremony in front of the Hypercacher and an evening of debates organized by Crif and Charlie Hebdo.

The commemorations will begin at noon with a tribute ceremony organized by the Crif (Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France) in front of the Porte de Vincennes supermarket where four people were killed ten years ago. Several ministers are expected, including Bruno Retailleau, Gérald Darmanin and Manuel Valls, as well as the President of the Senate Gérard Larcher, the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo and the President of the Ile-de-France region Valérie Pécresse.

Ten candles will be lit in memory of those killed during the January 2015 attacks, professors Samuel Paty and Dominique Bernard, victims of anti-Semitism in France since the early 2000s and terrorism around the world, as well as the hostages and victims of Hamas attacks in Israel on October 7, 2023.

On January 9, 2015, four customers of the Hypercacher convenience store, Yohan Cohen, Yoav Hattab, Philippe Braham and François-Michel Saada, were killed during a hostage-taking led by the jihadist Amédy Coulibaly, claiming to be part of the State. Islamic (IS). He was then shot dead during an assault by the police. A “evening of debates and tribute”joint with Charlie Hebdo, will then be organized from 7 p.m. at the Mutualité de Paris.

It is about “rediscover the spirit of the demonstration of January 11, 2015”which brought together nearly 4 million people across the country after the attacks, and “reaffirm a shared republican commitment to freedom of expression, against anti-Semitism and Islamism, for secularism”according to Crif. This evening is placed under the motto “we are the Republic” and among the speakers announced are the Charlie Hebdo lawyer Richard Malka, the comedian Sophia Aram, the director of Fondapol Dominique Reynié and the essayist Caroline Fourest.