国际英语资讯:Spotlight: A year on, France honors victims of Paris attacks amid persistent high terror risk_时事

国际英语资讯:Spotlight: A year on, France honors victims of Paris attacks amid persistent high terror risk

PARIS, Nov. 13 -- Under grey, rainy sky and in sombre atmosphere, French President Francois Hollande on Sunday returned to restaurants and coffee shops in the French capital where attackers converted the vibrant venue to a scene of carnage on Nov. 13, 2017.

Accompanied by government officials and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Hollande unveiled memorial plaques at six sites targeted last year before observing a minute of silence.

A series of commemoration ceremonies began outside the Stade de France national stadium where three suicide bombers blew up themselves during an international football match, killing a man and starting deadly shootings and explosions that left 130 victims.

At the Bataclan music hall, where the heaviest casualties was reported, a wreath of flowers was laid out. The victims' names were read out in solemn atmosphere. A crowd, including the families of the victims, gathered outside the theatre centre to pay tribute to 90 people who lost their lives.

To mark the first anniversary of Paris attacks, British rock star Sting reopened the Bataclan Saturday where French revellers and many of last year's survivors attend the concert.

"Tonight we have two tasks to achieve: first to remember those who lost their lives in the attack, and then to celebrate life and music in this historic place," Sting told the crowd.

For the rest of the memorial day, Life for Paris association is planning concerts, roundtable on resilience and exhibition of memorial messages and drawings left in the attacks' sites.