2023-10-19 10:06:09
09:59
Emmanuel Macron will meet the family of Dominique Bernard
The President of the Republic must not speak this Thursday, during the funeral of the teacher, but Emmanuel Macron “will meet the family of Dominique Bernard” indicated on Franceinfo this Thursday morning the mayor of Arras Frédéric Leturque. He will stay “in the background because it is also a wish to respect the wishes of the family”.
09:51
After the Arras attack, security reinforced in Eure-et-Loir
The attack in Arras, in Pas-de-Calais, had repercussions throughout France with the Vigipirate plan moving to the “emergency attack” level. In Eure-et-Loir, increased surveillance of stations, shopping centers, schools, markets, or places of worship has been put in place, reports the prefect to Le Parisien. “Any place that generates significant attendance” is concerned.
>>> Our full article ICI.
09:44
The funeral procession passed Heroes’ Square
The funeral convoy for the funeral of Dominique Bernard passed around 9:30 a.m. at Place des Héros in Arras, where the crowd who had come to attend the funeral gathered.
09:37
Bomb alert in a high school in Rennes
While Arras meditates, the epidemic of bomb threats continues in schools in France. The Emile Zola high school in Rennes received one this Thursday morning, the media Actu speaks of “hundreds of students evacuated”.
09:30
Police advise avoiding traffic in Arras
Due to the influx of people and traffic restrictions this Thursday in Arras. “Traffic in the city center will be very disrupted this morning. Avoid the area,” writes the national police.
09:23
Macron, guests, giant screen… the funeral of Dominique Bernard under high security
The general public will not be allowed to enter the cathedral this Thursday, but will be able to worship outside, according to the wishes of Dominique Bernard’s family. The service will be broadcast live on a giant screen on the Place des Héros.
>>> Our complete article on the ceremony ICI.
09:20
Students and colleagues of the teacher present
Classes are suspended this morning at the Gambetta-Carnot school campus, scene of the attack, allowing staff and students to attend. “He was a beautiful person, someone who was faithful in friendship, who was based on deep values,” Paule Orsini, ex-colleague and co-founder with him of the popular university of ‘Arras, who will attend the funeral.
“It seems important to me to go there, because it concerns the school campus in which I studied for nine years of my life” and “to honor the memory of Mr. Bernard,” explains Tristan, a 20-year-old student.
09:14
“We can only be revolted”, confides to Le Parisien the Bishop of Arras Mgr Olivier Leborgne
“Three years after the assassination of Samuel Paty, it is again the teaching institution which is struck to the heart,” declared in our columns the Bishop of Arras Mgr Olivier Leborgne, who will officiate the ceremony this Thursday. “Faced with this, we can only be revolted! » This Thursday, he will have “a speech of compassion towards people who suffer, the need for justice, but also for truth. Above all, I will speak of hope: death and violence will not have the last word. »
>>> Read the full interview ICI.
09:07
There is “a lot of humanity around this tragedy”, declares the mayor of Arras
The mayor of Arras Frédérique Leturque spoke this Thursday morning on Franceinfo, and described the situation in Arras since the attack. “Since Friday there has been dismay, a lot of people have gathered,” he declares, “we want to support the family as a priority” who are “trying to overcome the pain”.
For the elected official it is “necessary” that the President of the Republic be present at the funeral in order to “share this pain which affects France and the whole world”. There is “a lot of humanity around this tragedy, we try to stay standing”.
09:03
The Legion of Honor posthumously
09:01
Important security system in place in Arras
A large part of the center of Arras is subject to a major security system for these funerals, with a ban on parking since Wednesday evening and on driving until Thursday 3 p.m. France went on “emergency attack” alert on the evening of the attack, carried out by Mohammed Mogouchkov, 20 years old, radicalized, who claims to be a member of the Islamic State organization.
08:59
The funeral will begin at the cathedral at 10 a.m.
Presided over by the Bishop of Arras Mgr Olivier Leborgne, the religious ceremony will be broadcast on a big screen on the Place des Héros, at the foot of the city’s belfry.
08:59
Bonjour
Welcome to this live broadcast, dedicated to the funeral ceremony of Dominique Bernard, a 57-year-old French teacher, murdered on October 13 in Arras.
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