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Hollande begins Paris attacks commemorations at stadium

Published November 13, 2016 Updated November 13, 2016 08:43am

PARIS: French President Francois Hollande began on Sunday commemorations for the first anniversary of the Paris attacks by unveiling a plaque in memory of a man killed by suicide bombers at the Stade de France.

The man, Manuel Dias, died outside the national stadium where France were playing Germany in a football match during the first attack of a series on the evening of November 13, 2015, that killed 130 people.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2016