Paris alleys dedicated to children killed in Toulouse Jewish school attack
Paths which make up a city square in the French capital named after young victims Arie and Gabriel, ages 6 and 3, and Miriam Monsonego, 8,
Two alleys that make up a city square in Paris were named for the three children killed in an attack by an Islamist gunman on a Jewish school in Toulouse.
Mohamed Merah killed a teacher, Rabbi Jonathan Sandler, and two of his children, Arie and Gabriel, ages 6 and 3, and Miriam Monsonego, 8, in March 2012 at the Otzar Hatorah school in Toulouse.
The alleys located in Paris’ 17th arrondissement, or district, were dedicated Sunday.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was in office at the time of the attack, attended the ceremony, as well as the deputy mayor of Toulouse, Laurence Arribage.
“The families wanted these plaques to be in a square, a place alive with laughter and swings, to pay homage to their children,” Hidalgo said at the ceremony, the Huffington Post France reported.
The street signs note that the children were “victims of antisemitic terror and hatred.”
Toulouse has not paid tribute to the victims of the school attack. Toulouse Mayor Jean-Luc Mouden reportedly is in favour of such a tribute, the French-language LaDepeche reported, and the Toulouse City Council is expected to debate the issue on June 14.
Ils avaient 8, 6 et 3 ans. Myriam Monsonégo, Arié et Gabriel Sandler ont été assassinés le 19 mars 2012 à #Toulouse, victimes du terrorisme et de la haine antisémite. Deux allées du square Sainte-Odile portent désormais leurs noms, dans le 17e arrondissement. N’oublions jamais. pic.twitter.com/ieMp9PI0kn
— Anne Hidalgo (@Anne_Hidalgo) May 19, 2019
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