Ten years ago today, Islamist terrorists massacred 130 people in a coordinated attack across Paris. It was the heaviest loss of life on French soil since the second world war, and those who perished – as well as the 350 who were wounded – will be remembered today in a series of commemorations. Emmanuel Macron will visit the six sites where the terrorists struck, among them the Stade de France and the Bataclan concert hall, and the president will also inaugurate a memorial garden at Place Saint-Gervais, opposite Paris City Hall.

According to the Élysée Palace, the day will be an opportunity for the nation ‘to honour the memory of those who lost their lives…and reaffirm its ongoing commitment to the fight against terrorism’. Since 2015 the DGSI – France’s MI5 – have thwarted 80 Islamist ter

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