A Genevan civil celebration to the trial of the Good assault

She is without doubt one of the 865 civil events to the trial of the Good assault. Alexandra Oppikofer was on the Promenade des Anglais this night in July 2016. The Genevan who nonetheless lives in Good, desires to testify earlier than the court docket to make the voices of the victims heard.

Thierry Oppikofer and particularly his daughter Alexandra, skilled the assault of July 14, 2016 up shut. The Genevan, who has lived in Good since 2008, was on the Promenade des Anglais that night. The recollections of the truck overturning the group, of the our bodies, of the panic. It took him lengthy months and plenty of hours of psychological help to stay with it. “Afterwards, all the things was worrying, scary. We could not stand the group anymore, nor the folks working or shouting. This night was so rocked in horror, that we didn’t know if we have been going to recuperate a standard life.

Thierry Oppikofer, a journalist recognized in Geneva for guiding the Journal de l’Immobilier, adopted the occasions by phone stay together with his daughter. A trauma, even when Alexandra was not injured. “We’re grateful to heaven that she continues to be there, he reacts. We’re clearly pondering of the individuals who weren’t so fortunate.”

“We’ve to clarify what occurred”

In the present day, Alexandra insisted on being a civil celebration throughout the trial. She owes it to the victims, she says. “It’s important to clarify what you have been by way of. What occurred. Do not forget that 86 folks died and that these usually are not simply names, however folks with lives, households, buddies.

The Genevan shall be heard on the finish of October by the particular assize court docket in Paris. The hearings of the 865 civil events will start inside 3 weeks. The trial ought to final 3 and a half months.