(Radio France) Wednesday’s Paris terror trial hearing opened with evidence from Luciana Milani Solesin, the mother of Italian national Valeria Solesin, who was murdered by Islamists at the Bataclan concert hall in the French capital on 13 November 2015.
Behind the dignified grief at the loss of a radiant, beloved daughter, the court heard a calm plea for cosmopolitan solidarity in the face of barbarity.
“Valeria was a happy person,” her mother told the special criminal court. Her nickname was “Il Sole” — the sun, a source of warmth, energy and light. She was also beautiful and brilliant, a PhD in population studies teaching at the Sorbonne University.
“She was full of laughter and joy. Even today, her memory helps us.”
