(Radio France) One hundred and thirty people were killed on the night of 13 November 2015, or died shortly afterwards from their injuries. But there was one other victim, who escaped physically unhurt, only to take his own life two years after the events. His father and brother testified before the special criminal court in Paris on Tuesday.
“My son hated violence,” the court was told. “He loved life intensely, but he was overpowered by post-traumatic stress. It is recognised that extreme violence can cause such severe psychological injury that the victim can be driven to suicide.”
On the night of 13 November 2015, the young man was in the middle of the crowd on the main floor of the Bataclan. Knocked over in the first wave of panic, he found himself transfixed and trembling at the sight of a dead girl. Another survivor attempted to calm him as they lay side-by-side.
