Conflans-Sainte-Honorine is usually a sleepy suburb of Paris. Since last Friday (16 October), however, there is a swarm of activity around the high school Bois d'Aulne. Police and gendarmes stand watch, international media are reporting live and in the middle of all this – the grieving residents.
"It's incredibly dramatic. My grandchildren are pupils at the school and my daughter is a teacher, so this a shock for all of us," Marie-Noëlle Nicolas says, who has come with her husband Patri...
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Already a member? LoginEmma Sofia Dedorson is a Paris-based journalist covering politics, culture and society in France, Spain and Italy.
Emma Sofia Dedorson is a Paris-based journalist covering politics, culture and society in France, Spain and Italy.