A person holds “I am still Charlie” during a tribute Place de la République in Paris, January 7, 2017 – BERTRAND GUAY / AFP

“Jean Cabut dit Cabu”, “Clarissa Jean-Philippe”, “Yohan Cohen”… Two years after the attacks on Charlie Hebdo and the Hyper Hide, a few hundred people gathered Saturday evening place of the Republic in Paris, in a tribute sober to the 17 victims, whose names have been read.

“It’s raining, it’s cold, I’m a little cold, but I’m still coming, because I had to be there”, explained a visibly moved to tears by an elderly woman leaning on a cane, who has known Cabu when he was drawing in a lecture hall in may 68.

“I am still Charlie”

The attack against the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo (12 dead on January 7, 2015), “it is something, especially since it was the starting point of everything that followed after,” she added, in reference to the wave of bombings that has known the France in two years. A “canvas ” participatory” was held at the foot of the statue, made of hand stained where dozens of people have inscribed a message in tribute to the victims.

The gathering had been announced Friday, at the call of the French Association of victims of terrorism (AfVT),