(AFP) Survivors of the 2015 Islamic State massacre at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris on Wednesday told the trial being held over a night of bloodshed in the French capital they “played dead” on the ground for hours to avoid being shot.
A total of 130 people were killed in synchronised suicide bombings and mass shootings at venues across Paris on the night of November 13, 2015, including 90 rock fans watching US band Eagles of Death Metal perform at the Bataclan.
Twenty people are on trial over the bloodshed, including the sole surviving member of the IS cell behind the attacks, Salah Abdeslam. Most face life sentences if convicted.
Wednesday heard the harrowing accounts of some of those who survived the more than two-hour-long attack and hostage-taking at the Bataclan.
