for more than three hours, she will keep the photo of her daughter, pressed against his chest. On the plate, the immaculate smile Aurelie Chatelain contrast to the devastated faces. This Sunday, a day of tribute was held in Villejuif, in memory of this young fitness instructor 32 years, killed April 19, 2015 by the alleged terrorist Sid Ahmed Ghlam.
That day, the body of the young woman lying in her burning car, was found dead in a suburban area of the city. Aurélie, called “Lily”, from Caudry (Nord) who came to be trained in teaching Pilates, would have had the misfortune to cross on his way this terrorist student in 24 years of computing. The man who, according to the Interior Minister, planning to attack one or two churches in Villejuif, allegedly tried to steal his Renault Scénic before shooting three bullets.
Meditation during the tribute to Aurélie Chatelain. (LP / Arnaud Journois.) Villejuifois upset
Sunday, 16 hours. At the end of the mass in Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitta church, a silent march, with its -Parents relatives, friends- and elected officials including the mayor of Villejuif Franck Le Bohellec (LR) and the Caudry Guy Bricout (DVD), along the Georges-Lebigot street towards the scene, near the Institut Gustave Roussy. A large banner “Yesterday you were dancing with us. Today you dance with the angels, “opens the procession, followed by nearly 300 people. “The testimony of his former companion in church upset me,” whispers Jacqueline, a resident, referring to the father of Juliet, 5 years old, he had with Aurélie. “He said he would never understand the incomprehensible. It’s exactly that. We were shocked by his death. Nobody will ever forget in Villejuif. ” Her friend nods Martine. “We wanted to show our support. “I enjoyed the speech of Muslim associations that have a message of tolerance. It was very brave of them. “
A stele inaugurated 
people gather on the stele inaugurated in tribute to Aurélie Chatelain. (LP / Arnaud Journois.)
A few meters away, the procession arrives on the scene, below a hill. “Aurélie became a heroine against her. And forfeit his life, it prevented the attacks, and surely more deaths, “said Franck Le Bohellec few minutes before inaugurating the monument to his memory. “We tend to say that a company goes wrong when the fathers bury their children,” said Guy Bricout Mayor Caudry before drawing a portrait of a young dancer “the radiant face whose magnetic charm that could seduce “. On several occasions, the granddaughter of Caudry is described as a passionate, loved the people of the town. “A whirlwind that should continue to inspire us.” Behind the desk, family, in tears, will not express. Except his father, the time of few words. “I wanted to say that this is not my daughter who was in the wrong time in the wrong place, that was it,” he tranche, referring to the main suspect. Back then the town hall, where Bernard Cazeneuve, Minister of the Interior, was awarded the Legion of Honour to his family. Having forgotten the great victims of terrorism, Aurelie had finally been decorated posthumously on March 18. At the end of the ceremony, people like Michelle, could not contain their tears: “It’s so unfair. I work next to the scene of the tragedy. When I drive, I always have a thought for her “
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