Security High in Paris as Bataclan Jihadist Attacks Trial Begins

French Gendarmes secure near the Paris courthouse on the Ile de la Cite France during the arrival of a convoy believed to be carrying the defendants who stand trial over Paris' November 2015 attacks, in Paris, France, on Sept. 8, 2021. Christian Hartmann/Reuters

PARIS—The trial of 20 men accused of involvement in a jihadist rampage across Paris in 2015 began under high security in the French capital on Wednesday, with the man widely believed to be the only surviving attacker appearing in a black mask.

Some 130 people were killed and hundreds wounded when gunmen with suicide vests attacked six bars and restaurants, the Bataclan concert hall, and a sports stadium on Nov. 13, 2015, leaving deep scars on the nation’s psyche.