France crowdfunds €440,000 for woman who helped hunt Paris attackers

Commemorative plaque with the names of those killed in the attack on the Bataclan concert hall on November 13th 2015. November 12, 2025. © Vasile Damian

A fundraiser for Sonia, a French woman whose testimony helped authorities locate two terrorists involved in the November 2015 attacks in Paris, has reached 440,000 euros.

The fundraiser, set up by the organisation Life for Paris to honour the victims of the November 2015 attacks, initially had the modest goal of raising €2,500.