France celebrated the sixth anniversary of Paris Night, when Islamic State militants killed 130 people in coordinated attacks on concert halls, bars, restaurants and football stadiums.
On November 13, 2015, the victims of the attacks on the French Stadium, bars, restaurants and Bataclan Concert Hall, the Prime Minister Jean Castex and other officials observed a moment of silence.
Twenty men were tried in September in connection with the deadliest attack in France in peacetime.
Salah Abdeslam is a 32-year-old French Moroccan man who is believed to be the only surviving member of the organization, which is suspected of carrying out an attack after other members blew themselves up in the attack or were killed by the police.
The other 19 suspects on the trial bench were accused of helping to provide guns and cars, or playing a role in organizing the so-called “French 9/11” event.
If convicted, most defendants face life imprisonment.
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