France honors Danish victims of Islamist gunman

Jewish security guard Dan Uzan was awarded a medal of courage by the French embassy

Published on I24 News November 3, 2015

France's ambassador to Copenhagen, who in February attended a free speech event targeted by an Islamist gunman, on Monday honored two Danish men who were killed in the twin attacks.

"We have a debt towards those who left us," Francois Zimeray said at a ceremony attended by Denmark's justice minister.

Filmmaker Finn Norgaard was posthumously bestowed with one of France's top cultural honours -- the Chevalier des Arts et Lettres whose former recipients have included T.S.Eliot, Audrey Hepburn and Cate Blanchett.

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