France has marked the sixth anniversary of the night when Islamic State militants killed 130 people in coordinated strikes against a concert theatre, bars, restaurants and a soccer stadium in Paris.
Prime Minister Jean Castex led other officials to stand in silence in remembrance of the victims of the attacks on the Stade de France stadium, bars, restaurants and the Bataclan concert hall on November 13, 2015.
Twenty men went on trial on September in connection with the deadliest attack in peacetime France.
Salah Abdeslam, a 32-year old French-Moroccan man, is believed to be the only surviving member of the group suspected of carrying out the attacks after other members blew themselves up or were killed by police during the attack.
The other 19 suspects in the trial stand accused of aiding the attack by providing guns and cars or of playing a role in organising what has been called “France’s 9/11”.
Most of the accused face life imprisonment if convicted.
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