The Béziers authorities paid tribute to Colonel Arnaud Beltrame

A vibrant tribute to the gendarmerie officer who sacrificed himself. Midi Libre – Laurent François

This Saturday, March 23, at the Plateau des Poètes, civil and military authorities paid tribute to gendarmerie colonel Arnaud Beltrame killed by a terrorist in Trèbes in March 2018.

This Saturday, March 24, at the Plateau des Poètes, civil and military authorities paid tribute to gendarmerie colonel Arnaud Beltrame, killed by a terrorist, on March 23, 2018, in a supermarket de Trèbes, when he had taken the place of a hostage. Narrating this sacrifice, in his speech, Robert Ménard, the mayor, spoke of « courage, lesson, dignity, hope, love…&nbsp ;»

Jacques Lucbéreilh, the sub-prefect of Béziers, recalled, in particular, that Colonel Beltrame had « agreed to die so that innocent people could live.&nbsp ;» The ceremony was followed by a laying of wreaths, before the Marseillaise sounded.