Paris, France – New York city Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in Paris this morning in a show of solidarity with the French after the recent massacre attacks in the city.
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De Blasio attended a series of events with French officials and Jewish community leaders Tuesday to honor and commemorate the 17 victims of the dual terror attacks two weeks earlier.
He began his trip laying wreaths at the Kosher Hyper Casher supermarket where four Jewish hostages were killed by a gunman and at the offices of Charlie Hebdo newspaper, where two masked gunmen killed 10 journalists and two police officers.
His schedule also includes a meeting with leaders of the Jewish community and a wreath-laying where police officer Ahmed Merbat was shot and killed.
“The Mayor will stand in solidarity with our friends in Paris and across France to send the clear message that together we will fight terrorism and anti-Semitism at every turn, and that crude attempts to intimidate free expression will not succeed,” a statement from his office said.
According to the NY Post, The mayor was accompanied by three aides — Phil Walzak, Penny Abeywardena of the Mayor’s Office for International Affairs and Avi Fink, his adviser on Jewish issues.
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