‘You live through unimaginable events’: prosecutor François Molins on the November 2015 Paris terror attacks

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The trial of 20 people accused of various roles in the series of terrorist attacks in Paris during the evening of November 13th 2015, which claimed the lives of 130 people and wounded more than 400 others, opens on Wednesday. In this interview with Mediapart's Matthieu Suc, the public prosecutor then in charge of the investigations, François Molins, recalls the night of the attacks, the aftermath and distress for victims’ families, and reflects on the successes and failures of France’s efforts to counter terrorism.

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The trial of 20 people accused of various roles in the November 13th 2015 series of terrorist attacks in Paris, which claimed the lives of 130 people and wounded more than 400 others, opens on September 8th.