(Radio France) At a criminal trial centred on the violent deaths of 130 people, there are no good days. But there are less bad ones. On Wednesday, after nine hearings devoted to the catalogue of cowardice and horror, heroism finally had its shining hour.
I can’t tell you his name. As a serving police commissioner, the witness is protected by anonymity.
He is the man who, armed with a service [handgun] and accompanied by a single colleague, chose to enter the Bataclan while the massacre was still in progress.
Killing unarmed civilians at will.
He shot Samy Amimour as the terrorist aimed his Kalachnikov at a young man. Hit, Amimour fell backwards. His explosive vest detonated. The momentum of the attack changed, the two surviving killers realising that they were no longer free to kill unarmed civilians at will.
