The village of murdered Frenchman Hervé.Gourdel is in shock following the killing of the 55-year-old mountain guide by jihadists in Algeria.<br /><br />The mayor of Saint Martin Vésubie, Henri Giuge, expressed his sadness.” This is a tragedy not only for the village, but for the whole of France, for his friends the mountaineers, for his family its horrible.<br /><br />His fellow villagers are distraught:<br />“I can’t explain it, it is inexcusable, unforgivable, an absolute tragedy,” said one man in the market square.<br /><br />“What do I feel, anger, I want to walk. For us walking in the mountains is a way to forget the moment and think about Hervé,” said another. <br /><br />He leaves a wife and two children.
