Bataclan families speak of the impossibility of forgetting, the difficulty of forgiving

(Radio France) Testimony from bereaved families continues before the special criminal court in Paris, where 20 men are being tried on suspicion of involvement in the November 2015 massacre of 130 people in the French capital.

“The suffering is a relentless part of my life,” a woman who lost her 26-year-old son at the Bataclan told the court. “Sleeping is suffering, walking is suffering, speaking, working, breathing is suffering. The pain comes back every day.”

A father described himself as orphaned by the death of his son.

Two fathers of only children, lovers who were 22 and 23 years old when they were murdered on 13 November 2015, stood side-by-side and testified to their illogical status as childless parents.

Repeatedly, we heard the flat refusal of forgiveness for the killers.

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