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Paris, Sep 8 (EFE).- (Camera: Antonio Torres del Cerro) Police chief Christophe Molmy was haunted by the horrifying scenes that unfolded at the Bataclan theater during the terror attacks on 13 November 2015 in Paris but found that focusing on the lives he saved has helped him cope with the ordeal. SOUNDBITES IN FRENCH OF CHRISTOPHE MOLMY, THE COMMISSIONER WHO LED THE POLICE ASSAULT IN BATACLAN. TRANSLATION: 1- “We learn to distance ourselves from what we see, people we don’t know. We train ourselves to not let ourselves be taken over by our emotions and remain professional. But, we are very attentive to our collaborators. Our distress, the distress I always felt throughout these operations… I didn’t tell them, to avoid adding stress. But I was always anxious at the idea of losing a colleague.” 2-“In fact I lost someone very close to me in Bataclan. So I had to deal with that as well. There’s a moment where that takes over the rest. Throughout the night, I was mostly motivated by that. By being close to their family. It kind of erased the professional aspect, which was still there, but sort of faded.” 3-“We had a hard time, but it’s about achieving to distance oneself from the victims. You have to condition yourself. We do it instinctively, like doctors for example. We cannot stop and let ourselves be taken over when we see dead people, or wounded victims asking you for help. You have to keep your distance. With time, we have met some victims, who wanted to join the service, which melts the armor a little, it makes us a bit more fragile, I think. But we are human and they are formidable people, I was delighted to meet them.” 4-“The image of dead people laying on the ground, the noise… But with time… it went really fast… I’m not stalked by it. I try to turn towards the positive results.” 5-“I think that the guys did an incredible job. Great guys who were there because they deserved it, they have amazing skills. But part of it was luck as well, or we were helped, I don’t know I’m no psychic. But the result is incredible. Because stepping into a corridor and managing to get all hostages out is impossible in theory. I try to cling to that, and those hostages. They came, actually, and gave me a photo. You have to hold on to that and think ‘these people are alive,’ you know.” 6-“We received drawings by children, we kept them. Little kids… However, something really really touching was during a ceremony. Every year there’s a ceremony in front of the Bataclan. It was the second year I think, second or third year… A woman came to me, she grabbed me and thanked me in tears. Saying ‘I wanted to thank you, thank you.’ And saying ‘my son died in the Bataclan.’ I found that very unsettling because… I really didn’t know what to say, since his son is dead. We can’t say we were efficient in this case. When we arrived, he was already dead. And here was this woman, nonetheless, thanking us anyway. That really moved me.”
Paris (France), Sep 8 (EFE / EPA).- (camera: Mario García) Salah Abdeslam, the main defendant who appeared this Wednesday in the trial for the massacre in the Bataclan concert hall and the other terrorist attacks of the November 13, 2015, attracted attention at the first hearing by claiming his membership in the Islamic State (IS) and making religious invocations.footage OF THE PALACE OF JUSTICE OF PARIS, WITH THE SECURITY DEVICE AND THE ENTRANCE OF THE VICTIMS AND FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE COURT ROOM.soundbites from ARTHUR DENOUVEAUX, PRESIDENT OF THE LIFE FOR PEACE ASSOCIATION AND GÉRALDINE BERGER-STENGER, ATTORNEY OF THE FRENCH ASSOCIATION OF VICTIMS OF TERRORISM (AFVT).Translation:- Arthur Denouveaux, president of the Life for Peace association, of victims of these attacks, on possible provocative statements by the terrorists:"The French Justice has been used to provocations by terrorists for decades. It is a way of avoiding its responsibilities and not responding to its responsibilities. It would not be a surprise if it happened in this process."- Arthur Denouveaux, on what he expects from the process:"I hope that a normal French justice will respond to an act of the most abominable, of the most abnormal possible. That would be a sample of the quality of our democracy in the face of terrorism."- Géraldine Berger-Stenger, lawyer for the French Association of Victims of Terrorism (AFVT), represents 37 victims, on what she expects from the trial:"For the victims it is important that they can speak, have explanations about the preparation of the attacks. Above all, that the victims can speak. Then the sentence will come with the sentences at the height of the facts that are being judged now."- On the possible provocative statements of the terrorists:“Personally and as a lawyer, I don't expect much. If we have explanations, the better. But I have warned my clients not to expect anything flashy. I have warned you. "
US Vice President Kamala Harris, accompanied by her husband Douglas Emhoff, lays a bouquet of white flowers in front of the bar Le Carillon in Paris in memory of the victims of the Novembre 13, 2015 terror attacks, the worst in France's post-war history. IMAGES
Olivia Ronen, the lawyer for main defendant Salah Abdeslam, arrives in court in Paris, along with other participants, on the fourth day of the historic trial of the 13 November 2015 attacks. IMAGES
Audience members and lawyers, including Salah Abdeslam's lawyer Olivia Ronen, arrive in court on the third day of the 13 November 2015 Paris attacks trial. IMAGES
Two defendants arrive in the courtroom on the second day of the trial of the 13 November 2015 attacks, which is taking place before a Paris court. IMAGES
Journalists arrive outside the Paris courthouse on the morning of the opening of the trial of the 13 November 2015 attacks. The hearing is due to start at 12:30. IMAGES
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