Ten years ago Mohammed Merah killed seven people in Toulouse and Montauban. The commemorations in homage to the victims are scheduled in Toulouse this weekend of 19 and 20 March 2022. Here are the details of the program and the traffic restrictions.
Several commemorations, including a national one, will take place in Toulouse on March 19th and 20th. They pay tribute to the seven victims killed just 10 years ago by the terrorist Mohammed Merah. 11 and 15 March 2012: Imad Ibn Ziaten, Abel Chennouf and Mohamed Legouad, killed because they were soldiers. March 19, 2012: in a Jewish schoolthe daughter of director Myriam Monsonégo (8 years old), Professor Jonathan Sandler and his sons Gabriel (3 years old) and Arié (6 years old), killed for being Jews.
Several tributes will be paid this weekend, Saturday March 19th and Sunday March 20th 2022.
On Saturday 19 March 2022, the mayor of Toulouse, Jean-Luc Moudenc, will present a flower garland Charles de Gaulle square, behind the Capitol, in front of a plaque installed in 2013 and which pays homage to the seven victims.
We will not speak. ” It is a moment of contemplation“indicates the city Hall. The appointment is fixed at noonIt is open to all.
In Charles de Gaulle square, a memory device was also installed from March 14th to March 21st 2022, ” a few steps from the memory tree planted in 2013“indicates the town hall. And to resume:” this scenographic installation recalls the identity of the 7 people killed and the 2 seriously injured in Toulouse and Montauban during these attacks, as well as the course of these three bloody days that left the two cities and the whole of France in mourning.“You also read a text and go back to the history of the settlement of the Jewish population and the development of the military presence in Toulouse.
On Sunday 20 March 2022, the commemorations are organized by the Representative Council of the Jewish Institutions of France (Crif) Midi-Pyrénées. The number of guests is limited. ” If we had more seats, we would have invited more people.“acknowledges the general secretary of Crif Midi-Pyrénées. The events of the day are sold out.
At the Ohr Torah School (formerly Ozar Hatorah) :
- At 10:30 a moment of meditation is scheduled inside the Ohr Torah school, which at the time of the attacks was called Ozar Hatorah. This event is reserved for a small committee.
- At 3.10 pm the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron and the President of the Israeli State Isaac Herzog he will lay a wreath in the courtyard of the school, at the foot of the tree of life, a sculpture by the artist Stratos, in homage to the victims.
- At 3:40 pm, the two presidents will exchange, in private, with the school director Yaacov Monsonégo and his wife Yafa Monsonégo, who lost their daughter Myriam at the age of 8 during these 2012 murders.
At the grain market :
- 15:00: start of a memorial ceremony organized at the grain room by Crif Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées. The texts will be read by friends and family of the victims. There will also be a musical and literary tribute. A forum for debate will also be organized around the theme: “the defense of the values of the Republic, secularism and unity in the face of the threats of Islamism”.
- At 4.45pm, Emmanuel Macron e Isaac Herzog will deliver speeches.
- A theatrical performance will take place at 8:30 pm. This is the comedy “Le nageur d’Auschwitz” with Amir, directed by Steve Suissa.
Given the arrival of the French and Israeli presidents, the Haute-Garonne prefecture was established a safety device in Toulouse. It will be impossible to move on certain roads (pedestrians and cars) except ” duly accredited persons, local residents with official proof, persons with compelling reason“The demonstrations will also be banned in a larger area, subject to security checks. from 12:00 to 20:00 around the Halle aux grains (orange circle in the maps below) e from 12:00 to 18:00 around the school of Ohr Torah.
This device forms two circles around the places where the presidents will be present: the Ohr Torah school and the Halles aux grains.
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” The inhabitants of the areas concerned are invited to anticipate their travels, to adapt their itinerary if necessary and above all to remember to bring proof of residence with them for each trip to these areas.“, Specifies the prefecture.
The perimeter of exclusion applies around the Ohr Torah school Sunday 20 March from 12:00 to 18:00. It includes the following streets: rue Hyacinthe, rue Jules Dalou, rue Capefigue (at the intersection of rue Bourbotte), rue Fontenay (at the intersection of rue de Giroussens), rue d’Agen, avenue de Lavaur (at the intersection of rue de Giroussens), rue des Bleuets), avenue Joseph Le Brix (to the intersection with rue du Panorama), chemin Michoun (to the intersection with rue des Archives), rue du Réservoir (to the intersection with rue des Archives), rue Sainte-Hélène (to the intersection of rue Rossignol), rue Jules Lemaitre (to the intersection of rue Rossignol), rue Dieu (to the intersection of rue Rossignol).
Within this perimeter it will be forbidden to park from Saturday 19th March at 8pm and until Sunday 20 March at 18:00
Also note: the route of bus line 36, which takes Avenue de Lavaur, will be diverted.
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The exclusion perimeter applies around the Halle aux grains Sunday 20 March 2022, from 12:00 to 20:00
It includes the following streets: rue du Pont Montaudran (to the Port Saint-Etienne intersection), rue du Pont Guilhermy (to the Port Saint-Etienne intersection), rue de la Charité, place Dupuy, rue des frères Lion, rue des Jardins, rue des Potiers (to the intersection of rue des Jardins), rue Pierre-Paul Riquet (to the intersection of rue de l’Etoile), rue Antoine Idrac (to the intersection of rue Delacroix).
Parking on these streets will also be prohibited Saturday 19 March, 8 pm and until 20:00 the next day. In addition, the outdoor terraces and shops located in these perimeters will have to close the March 20th from 3pm to 8pm.
Also note: the “François Verdier” metro station will remain served, but the “rue des Frères Lion” exit will be closed.
Other commemorations had already taken place this week. On Saturday 11 March 2022 in particular, Jean-Luc Moudenc, mayor of Toulouse, went to the Michelet garden (Bonnefoy district) and the Niel garden (Saint-Agne district) where the paths bearing the names of the victims are located. , lay flowers ” for a first gift in the intimacy of loved ones“Indicates the town hall.
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On March 15, 2022, the Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces, Geneviève Darrieussecq, was in Montauban for a ceremony of homage to the soldiers, victims of the terrorist Mohammed Merah.
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