Mother, grandmother killed while protecting 5-yr-old son from terrorists

November 19, 2015 10:00 PM

Elsa Delplace, 35, is said to have used her body as a human shield to protect her son, Louis, when ISIS gunmen opened fire on the crowd at an Eagles of Death Metal concert in the theatre.

Elsa Delplace died during the Paris terrorist attack shielding her 5-yr-old son from bullets

A 5-yr-old boy has reportedly been discovered alive after being hidden under his mother's lifeless body inside the Bataclan Theatre after she sacrificed herself to save him.

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Elsa Delplace, 35, is said to have used her body as a human shield to protect her son, Louis, when ISIS gunmen opened fire on the crowd at an Eagles of Death Metal concert in the theatre.

Delplace's mother, 61-yr-old Patricia San Martin, is reported to have also died during the massacre.

According to reports, when the shootings began, both Elsa and Patricia threw themselves over 5-yr-old Louis in a desperate attempt to shield him from the bullets.

In a tribute for French magazine, Le Point wrote:

"Esla Delplace and her mother Patricia died on Friday under a hail of bullets inside the Bataclan,' wrote Elsa's friend Sihem Souid.

"Her son Louis, her ray of sunshine, was with her. Louis was found in Vincennes hospital, distraught and covered in his mother’s blood as she tried to protect him from the bullets.

"Elsa was a joyous person who always had a smile on her lips, even at difficult times. She was involved in the voluntary, cultural and artistic worlds. She played the cello brilliantly. Louis was discovered as survivors were evacuated from the venue, covered in the blood of his mother and grandmother and sheltered by their bodies."

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May the souls of the departed rest in peace and the families left behind, consoled.