Terror and death on a terrace full of ‘beautiful, elegant and happy’ young people

(Radio France) At the November 2015 terror trial, the first week of witness evidence came to an end with further testimony from those who survived the shooting attacks at the Belle Équipe bar in central Paris.

At the trial on Friday, a young woman stood before the crowded courtroom and cried uncontrollably for a man she met for the first and only time on the night of 13 November 2015.

They got to know one another through a dating application. He suggested the rue Charonne for their first real encounter. It was a part of Paris she had never visited. She chose the terrace because she wanted to be free to smoke.

She survived, he did not.

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