Ten years after the attacks of March 2012, during which seven people lost their livesceremonies of tribute to the victims of Mohammed Merah are being held this Sunday afternoon, March 20, first in Ohr Torah school of Toulouse in the presence of the President Emmanuel Macron and his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog.
The two heads of state will then go to the Halle aux grains, “I’ll be in the front row, I live just above” says Jean-Pierre, pointing to his terrace “I had planned to go golfing but it’s going to be complicated, I prefer to stay to watch Macron”. He already lived here ten years ago “it’s important to commemorate to remember and prevent it from happening again” he assures.
2,000 people are expected
The perimeter will be completely blocked : prohibition to circulate on foot or by car except for the inhabitants of the district (details of the traffic conditions) like Jacques, he prefers to look to the future than to look in the past
“It should never have happened, I understand the duty of memory but I don’t know, with everything that is currently happening, if the moment is right for this kind of event”.
Marie, the owner of the café du commerce, which overlooks Place Dupuy, has decided to open only in the morning “from noon the whole neighborhood is cordoned off and I am not allowed to put on my terrace”. It will reopen in the evening, once the expected 2,000 people have left.