One month anniversary of Paris attacks commemorated
PARIS - People from across France have gathered in the French capital to mark one month since the Paris attacks that left 130 people dead and wounded hundreds.
Mourners congregated in front of the Bataclan concert hall in eastern Paris, where 89 people were killed last month, laying flowers and candles at the site.
Mireille Augusti, a visitor who traveled from Avignon in Southern France, said "It is fascinating, we are still marked, but life goes on and we should show that we are here and that we continue to live and that we don't hide."
On a gloomy December day, people also met on the Place de la Republique, which has become a gathering place for mourners since the Nov. 13 attacks.
All but one of those directly involved in the attack were killed that day. Salah Abdeslam escaped --and is presumed to be on the way -- or even already in -- Syria.
Also still alive and on the wanted list, are all those who provided support, says anti-terrorism consultant Jean Charles Brisard,
"Probably more than 20 individuals involved in one way or another to provide logistics, support, transportation, financing for this network," he said.
One such suspect is Mohammed Abrini -- seen on surveillance video in one of the terrorists' cars two days before the attacks.
With more than 2,000 property searches in less than a month, and more than 250 arrests, the pressure is on anyone in France who has been to Syria or has links to extremists. But there are more than 10,000 of them.
"We need around 20 to 30 agents to follow 24 hours a day on a single individual," said Brisard.
ISIS has lost a lot of ground on the battlefield so it's relying on video of the Paris attacks to promote its image as a winning cause, to entice what it relies on -- a steady stream of new foreign recruits.