November 13 trial: why François Molins was forced to testify seated – Close

On this 41st day of the trial of attacks of November 13, 2015, a new witness was received at around 5:30 p.m. this Wednesday, November 17. This is the former public prosecutor of Paris, Francois Molins. The magistrate agreed to testify to convey “the horror” which he attended by entering, in particular, in Le Bataclan. “The terrorist attack could not be avoided, I have always experienced it as a failure “, he said in particular. “It was not all perfect, we did our best by giving the best of ourselves to the Paris prosecutor’s office. He is healthy and normal to explain all this.“

But as reporter Azzedine Ahmed-Chaouch reported to Day-to-day, on the evening of this Wednesday, November 17, Francois Molins testified seated at the bar of Paris courthouse. “He was sitting because he had back pain“, explained the journalist, without going into details. “It gave a university professor aspect, which we also have all listened carefully.“Throughout his testimony, marked by extreme precision and a humanity that the reporter could only notice, Fransom Molins talked about how he learned the attacks of November 13, 2015.

François Molins has embarked on a “horror journey”

“He was at home and a policeman calls him to tell him that there has been a first explosion near the Stade de France “, relates Azzedine Ahmed-Chaouch. But it wasn’t until I turned on his television that Francois Molins understood. “He said to himself: ‘the scenario that I dreaded so much is happening ‘. “ Once there, he begins “a horror journey“, equipped with a bulletproof vest. Struck by the testimonies he was able to gather that fateful evening, he had to arm himself in cold blood despite the trauma in order to warn the French about the advance of investigation.

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