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Parisian Dad Writes Powerful Letter to Terrorists

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(Photo : Photo by Geoffroy Van der Hasselt/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) In the aftermath of the death of his wife in the Paris attacks, a Parisian man named Antoine Leiris has written a viral letter to the terrorists telling them that they will not win his hatred.

A Parisian dad and husband has written a heartbreaking letter to the terrorists who killed his wife of 12 years in a series of brutal attacks in Paris on Friday, November 14. According to ABC News, the letter went viral on Facebook after Antoine Leiris posted it on the said social media site. The post has garnered more than 123,500 shares, over 200 likes and 100 comments from the people who were touched by Antoine's words to the terrorists.

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The letter titled "You Will Not Have My Hatred" addresses the attackers responsible for the massacre in Paris that fateful Antoine. Leiris' wife, 35-year-old Helen Muyal-Leiris, was one of the people who was killed when three attackers fired gunshots in the Bataclan Theater. According to reports, the theater is considered to be the epicenter of the attacks.

Despite the tragedy that shook Paris, the rest of the world and Antoine, he stated in the letter that his wife's attackers will not have his hatred.

"Friday night, you took an exceptional life -- the love of my life, the mother of my son -- but you will not have my hatred I don't know who you are and I don't want to know, you are dead souls," he wrote in the first part of the letter.

Antoine is now left with his 17-month-old son, Melvil. Antoine is staying strong for his young son and promises that they will still live normally despite the tragic death of Helena.

Here is Antoine's full letter translated in English:

"Friday night, you took an exceptional life -- the love of my life, the mother of my son -- but you will not have my hatred I don't know who you are and I don't want to know, you are dead souls. If this God, for whom you kill blindly, made us in his image, every bullet in the body of my wife would have been one more wound in His heart."

"So, no, I will not grant you the gift of my hatred. You're asking for it, but responding to hatred with anger is falling victim to the same ignorance that has made you what you are. You want me to be scared, to view my countrymen with mistrust, to sacrifice my liberty for my security. You lost."

"I saw her this morning. Finally, after nights and days of waiting. She was just as beautiful as when she left on Friday night, just as beautiful as when I fell hopelessly in love over 12 years ago. Of course I am devastated by this pain, I give you this little victory, but the pain will be short-lived. I know that she will be with us every day and that we will find ourselves again in this paradise of free love to which you have no access."

"We are just two, my son and me, but we are stronger than all the armies in the world. I don't have any more time to devote to you, I have to join Melvil who is waking up from his nap. He is barely 17-months-old. He will eat his meals as usual, and then we are going to play as usual, and for his whole life this little boy will threaten you by being happy and free. Because no, you will not have his hatred either."

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