FRANCE will mark 10 years since the Paris attacks tomorrow that left more than 130 people dead and more than 400 injured.

On November 13 2015, nine Islamic State gunmen and suicide bombers struck within minutes of one another at several locations in the deadliest violence to strike France since World War II.

They targeted football fans at the Stade de France stadium and cafe-goers and ending with a bloodbath in the Bataclan, killing 130 people. Two survivors who later took their own lives as a consequence of the trauma have also been recognised as victims

Tomorrow’s main ceremony is to take place at a newly created memorial garden by the Paris City Hall in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, survivors and families of victims.

“The nation will gather to honour the memory of those who lost their lives, show its unwavering support for their loved ones, express its gratitude to all those who intervened that night, and reaffirm its ongoing commitment to the fight against terrorism,” Mr Macron’s office said in a statement on Wednesday.

“The 10th anniversary is here and emotions and tension are everywhere for us survivors,” said 39-year-old Arthur Denouveaux, president of victims’ association Life for Paris.

“That kind of shields us from the world in a way, because we’re so focused on the grief and on remembering those who lost their lives.”

Mr Denouveaux was at the Eagles of Death Metal concert at the Bataclan that night. Since then, he has made a point of telling his story, talking to the media and writing books to keep what happened from being forgotten.

“I remember crawling on top of bodies,” he said.

“I believe most of the people were pretending to be dead. And I remember a few faces, or at least a few facial expressions, of people who were [certainly] dead because of the angle of their necks, because of colour of their skin,” he said.

A father of three girls, aged two, four and six, Mr Denouveaux says it took him a year and a lot of medicines to overcome the most critical phases of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

“But since 2017, I would say, I’ve had no panic attacks. I’ve had nothing of that kind,” he said. “But I’m very cautious because I’m not sure you ever heal from PTSD.

“The hardest part is November 14 when you have to get back to normal life somehow and the grief is still here, but the bond is a little more distant.”

A long trial in 2021-22 led to the conviction of the lone surviving member of the group that carried out the attacks, Salah Abdeslam, who was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

The special terrorism court also convicted 19 other men involved.