French ex-president testifies: "I owe it" to attack victims

Former French President Francois Hollande, center, arrives at the special courtroom to testify in the Nov.2015 attacks trial, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021 in Paris. Hollande was at France's national stadium when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the gates on Nov. 13, 2015, the first in a series of attacks that would last three more hours across Paris. Gunmen struck cafes and bars in the city center, and the night culminated with a bloody siege at the Bataclan concert hall. In all 130 people died in the attacks. Hollande ordered the final assault on the three remaining attackers inside the …