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One of the people who was present in the Bataclan theatre on 13 November 2015 during the terrorist attacks was a French artist who works under the pseudonym Fred Dewilde. In October 2016, he published a graphic novel about his firsthand experience of these tragic events, named Mon Bataclan. [303] [304] [305]
The Bataclan (French pronunciation:) is a theatre located at 50 Boulevard Voltaire in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, France. Designed in 1864 by the architect Charles Duval , its name refers to Ba-ta-clan , an operetta by Jacques Offenbach .
When elite French commandos stormed the Bataclan concert hall last Friday night, they found hundreds of people laying on the floor, blood everywhere — and an eerie silence. Jeremy, captain ...
"It’s never really left the front of my mind," one survivor said. "It’s omnipresent for me."
The single deadliest terrorist attack in French history. Multiple shooting and grenade attacks occurred on a Friday night; among the locations targeted were a music venue, sports stadium and several bar and restaurant terraces. Ninety persons were killed during a siege at an Eagles of Death Metal concert inside the Bataclan.
French police conducted raids on suspected radical Islamists on Monday, searching 168 houses across the country.
The three Stade de France bombers, Brahim Abdeslam, and the three Bataclan attackers died on 13 November 2015 and Abaaoud and Akrouh were killed during a police raid on their hideout in Saint Denis on 18 November 2015, leaving Abdeslam as the only survivor of the attacks. [17] Abdeslam was wearing a suicide vest on the evening of 13 November.
A trial of two suspected planners of the Nov. 13 attacks may eventually bring closure