Paris Attacks: More than 120 Killed in Terror Attacks
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France has declared a rare national state of emergency after terrorist attacks claimed at least 128 lives last night in Paris. French President Francois Hollande also ordered for the borders to be tightened following an “act of war… prepared and planned elsewhere, with outside involvement which this investigation will seek to establish.”
Eighty people were murdered after terrorists assaulted the Bataclan concert hall, while more were shot it bars and restaurants in five other sites in Paris. The injured toll has risen to 180 people, with 99 of them believed to be in critical medical state.
Hollande affirmed the Islamic State group carried out these attacks with suicide bombers and eight gunmen. He added France will be “merciless in its response” and declared three days of national mourning. These are the bloodiest attacks in Europe since the Madrid train bombings in March 2004.
The French government ordered schools to be shut as part of emergency security measures. Soldiers were deployed at Parliament buildings, religious sites and other key locations throughout Paris. Border officials will check baggage and vehicles leaving and entering France by road, train, sea or plane. Initially, minutes after the attacks, France had closed its borders.
The terrorists, armed with machine guns and shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ marched in the Bataclan slaughtering up to 100 and taking more hostage. One of the survivors, Marc Coupris, 57, at the concert hall told The Guardian: “It looked like a battlefield, there was blood everywhere, there were bodies everywhere.” He added the attacks lasted around 15 minutes, with the gunmen reloading three or four times, shooting at everyone that moved.
Eleven more people were gunned down at a Cambodian restaurant, while two suicide bombers detonated their charge near the Stade de France, where France was playing a friendly game against Germany. Gunfire and bomb blasts were also heard at the Pompidou Centre, Louvre art gallery and Les Halles shopping centre.
Police are also searching for accomplices of terrorists, fearing the plot may not be over. France was in a state of emergency after a series of coordinated attacks that have paralysed the country.
US President Barack Obama declared the attacks in Paris were "an outrageous attempt to terrorise innocent civilians". He vowed his support to bring the perpetrators to justice.
UK PM David Cameron said he was shocked by the events in France and promised to do "whatever we can to help".
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was “deeply shaken by the news and pictures” coming from Paris, adding her thoughts were with the victims “of the apparent terrorist attack.”
Eighty people were murdered after terrorists assaulted the Bataclan concert hall, while more were shot it bars and restaurants in five other sites in Paris. The injured toll has risen to 180 people, with 99 of them believed to be in critical medical state.
Hollande affirmed the Islamic State group carried out these attacks with suicide bombers and eight gunmen. He added France will be “merciless in its response” and declared three days of national mourning. These are the bloodiest attacks in Europe since the Madrid train bombings in March 2004.
The French government ordered schools to be shut as part of emergency security measures. Soldiers were deployed at Parliament buildings, religious sites and other key locations throughout Paris. Border officials will check baggage and vehicles leaving and entering France by road, train, sea or plane. Initially, minutes after the attacks, France had closed its borders.
The terrorists, armed with machine guns and shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ marched in the Bataclan slaughtering up to 100 and taking more hostage. One of the survivors, Marc Coupris, 57, at the concert hall told The Guardian: “It looked like a battlefield, there was blood everywhere, there were bodies everywhere.” He added the attacks lasted around 15 minutes, with the gunmen reloading three or four times, shooting at everyone that moved.
Eleven more people were gunned down at a Cambodian restaurant, while two suicide bombers detonated their charge near the Stade de France, where France was playing a friendly game against Germany. Gunfire and bomb blasts were also heard at the Pompidou Centre, Louvre art gallery and Les Halles shopping centre.
Police are also searching for accomplices of terrorists, fearing the plot may not be over. France was in a state of emergency after a series of coordinated attacks that have paralysed the country.
US President Barack Obama declared the attacks in Paris were "an outrageous attempt to terrorise innocent civilians". He vowed his support to bring the perpetrators to justice.
UK PM David Cameron said he was shocked by the events in France and promised to do "whatever we can to help".
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was “deeply shaken by the news and pictures” coming from Paris, adding her thoughts were with the victims “of the apparent terrorist attack.”
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