France marks one year since Paris terror attacks

France yesterday marked the first anniversary of the Paris attacks with sombre ceremonies and painful memories for the relatives of the 130 people killed.

President Francois Hollande unveiled plaques at sites across the city that were attacked by the Islamic State jihadist group.

The first was at the Stade de France to commemorate Manuel Dias, 63, who was killed by a suicide bomber outside the national stadium as France were playing Germany in a football match, starting a series of coordinated attacks on the evening of November 13, 2015.

Hollande and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo then unveiled plaques outside bars and restaurants in the trendy neighbourhood where gunmen sprayed bullets at people enjoying a Friday evening out.

The final ceremony took place outside the Bataclan, the concert hall where 90 people were killed by three attackers during a rock gig.

The names of those killed at the concert were read out as hundreds of people gathered under rainy skies watched in silence.

Islamic State said it had struck at France because it was bombing its militants in Iraq and Syria.

Prime Minister Manuel Valls yesterday said the state of emergency declared after the attacks would likely be extended as France gears up for presidential elections in six months' time.

A year on, 59 percent of French people say the attacks have changed forever the way they view life and a similar percentage still feel "angry", according to a poll in Le Parisien newspaper on Sunday.