Story highlights Decapitated victim identified as 54-year-old Herve Cornora

Victim ran transportation company where suspect worked

Mayor: Cornora "took care of others"

(CNN) French authorities have identified the man whose decapitated head was found after an attack on a factory near Lyon.

Herve Cornora was in charge of the transportation company that employed Yassin Salhi, the alleged attacker, according to CNN's French affiliate BFMTV.

A memorial for Cornora, 54, was held Saturday in his hometown, Fontaines-sur-Saône, about seven miles (11.3 kilometers) north of Lyon. Residents of his neighborhood gathered to listen to the town's mayor eulogize Cornora, who was a personal friend.

Photos: France terror attack Photos: France terror attack Police and firefighters gather at the entrance of Air Products & Chemicals, a gas factory near Lyon, France, on Friday, June 26, after a terror attack. One person has been beheaded and two people injured, French President François Hollande said Friday. A suspect has been arrested, he said. Hide Caption 1 of 7 Photos: France terror attack French President François Hollande, at a June 26 news conference in Brussels, Belgium, called the crime a "pure terrorist attack." Hide Caption 2 of 7 Photos: France terror attack Investigators work at the enclosed area where a decapitated body was discovered at the Saint-Quentin-Fallavier factory on June 26. The severed head was found with a message, Hollande said. Hide Caption 3 of 7 Photos: France terror attack Police block the area where the attack took place on June 26. Hide Caption 4 of 7 Photos: France terror attack The June 26 attack also involved at least one explosion, officials said. Hide Caption 5 of 7 Photos: France terror attack Police secure the entrance of the factory on June 26. Hide Caption 6 of 7 Photos: France terror attack Emergency personnel stand guard near the scene June 26. Hide Caption 7 of 7

Mayor Thierry Pouzol said Cornora was deeply connected to his community and tried to help his neighbors. He "took care of others," Pouzol said during the emotional tribute that was broadcast on French TV. "Today, we are all with Herve," he said, and asked the people gathered to "maintain reserve and dignity to honor (Cornora's) memory."

The group also held a minute of silence.

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