Overview
- Coordinated Islamic State assaults on the Stade de France, café terraces and the Bataclan left 130 dead and around 350 injured on 13 November 2015.
- France’s 2021–2022 mass trial delivered convictions for 20 defendants, including a life sentence for Salah Abdeslam, giving limited legal closure to victims.
- Emergency measures from 2015 were later written into ordinary law, expanding police powers even as jurists and rights advocates caution against overreach and stigmatization.
- Europol and researchers say attacks now more often involve lone actors, simpler weapons and younger suspects; France opened 17 cases against minors this year and Germany is viewed as the No. 2 target after France.
- Authorities report dozens of foiled plots—France’s DGSI counts 82 since 2015—while survivors’ groups emphasize enduring trauma and call for deeper efforts to address root causes and engage youth.