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Paris, Sep 5 (EFE).- (Camera: Mario García Sánchez)Former French president François Hollande, whose time in office was marked by a series of deadly terrorist attacks across Paris in November 2015, has accepted an invitation to testify in the upcoming trial of those accused of involvement in the worst mass killings recorded in the European country’s recent history.INTERVIEW WITH FRANÇOIS HOLLANDE, FORMER PRESIDENT OF FRANCE.translation 1 (0: 12-1: 08): It was a quiet night, nothing suggested that he would end up shocked by the attacks. However, the threat level was high, France had already neutralized other attacks, but that day the level was no higher than on a normal day. The France-Germany (football) match (Hollande was in the Saint-Denis presidential box) was friendly, there is no particular passion, the public is calm. I hear the first explosion, I don't know if it's a firecracker, but it is only after the second that I realized that an attack is taking place outside the stadium (...)translation 2 (1: 19-1: 43): I am informed that on the terraces of various Paris establishments people were shot, wounded and killed by a terrorist commando, at that moment I understand that we are not under a selective attack, but it is an act of war prepared long ago translation 3 (1: 50-1: 55): It was the worst attack on French soil (since World War II).Translation 4 (1: 56-2: 28): The first, that of coordinating the secret services in Europe; and the second, considering that the terrorist commandos had gone to Syria, was the need to end the Islamic State (IS). And this is what France did by multiplying the bombings within the framework of the international coalition (against IS).translation 5 (2: 44-3: 05): Europe undoubtedly did not understand the importance of its citizens' travels to Syria and Iraq and (neglected) the possibility that they would return to attack their home countries.translation 6 (3: 19-3: 44): The only question I would ask (Abdeslam): Why kill? Why kill innocent people? Why did people who have nothing to do with the leaders of their country end up being victims of barbarism? In the name of what God can crimes against innocent poeple be committed? (...) I would ask her: did you know that your children had traveled to Syria and were linked to terrorist groups?
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