Trial of the November 13 attacks: the special Assize Court broadcasts an audio extract of the Bata killing – franceinfo

“The first one to get up, I shoot.” The Paris Special Assize Court broadcast Thursday, October 28 at the trial of the November 13 attacks, a short excerpt from an audio recording of the Bataclan attack, at the request of an association of victims. The court had already broadcast in mid-September the first 30 seconds of the audio recording, in which we could hear a piece of the concert and the start of the shootings, but not the terrorists. This is why Arthur Dénouveaux, the president of Life for Paris, asked for a new broadcast, which allows “to realize the horror in another way”.

The president of the court, Jean-Louis Périès, granted his request and decided to broadcast a brief passage of the recording of a dictaphone remained on and which captured the entire attack. From the beginning of this extract of a few minutes, we hear the voice, seeming distant, of one of the three attackers who claims this attack. “for Syria and Iraq”. It is also question “of President Hollande” and the bombardments by the “French and American soldiers”. “We’re bombing on earth here. We don’t need planes.”said the voice.

Then we hear the sound of a shot, followed by threats: “The first one who moves, I put a bullet in his head. Is that clear? Whoever tries to be vigilant, I kill him. Is that understood?” launches an assailant, his voice clear and calm. Another shot follows, then a second. “You can only blame your president François Hollande”, cowardly, in a tone always monotonous, a jihadist. “You can blame your president. He is the one who led to this massacre today and know that this is only the beginning.”, is it still said in this excerpt.

Several shots are then heard, a man screaming, and the sound of an explosion. “It’s an extract that ends with the triggering of Samy Amimour’s explosive belt”, after the intervention of a police officer, specifies the president of the court. On the benches, civil parties bow their heads or take it in their hands. Some intertwine. Few of them leave the room.