Le Monde has gathered exclusive first-hand testimonies and created a 3D Bataclan reconstruction to revisit the night that changed France.
By Brieuc Beckers, Adrien Vande Casteele , Elsa Longueville and Sinead McCausland
The terror attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015, claimed 132 lives, including two suicides in the years following the attacks. Carried out by a group of men from the Islamic State group, these attacks were the deadliest ever to strike the country, targeting the Stade de France, Paris café terraces and the Bataclan concert hall.
Le Monde has reconstructed what happened during the lead-up to the attacks, and on the night itself, with 3D recreations, exclusive interviews and on-the-ground footage.
Several witnesses to the attacks on November 13 agreed to share their stories, including Marie, who was taken hostage at the Bataclan; Christophe Molmy, former head of the elite police unit that led the assault on the concert hall; and François Molins, the chief Paris prosecutor at the time.
Translation of an original article published in French on lemonde.fr; the publisher may only be liable for the French version.