PARIS - Concurrent attacks on multiple targets by gunmen
and suicide bombers working in unison: a nightmare scenario that France s
anti-terror agencies had dreaded for months came true in Paris on Friday night.
On the evening of 13 November
2015, a series of mass shootings and suicide
bombings occurred in Paris, France. Beginning at 21:16 CET, three separate explosions and six mass
shootings occurred, including bombings near the Stade de France in the northern suburb of Saint-Denis. The deadliest attack was at the Bataclan theatre where attackers took hostages and engaged in a standoff with police
until it was ended at 00:58 CET 14 November 2015. Eight attackers were killed
and authorities are searching for any accomplices that remain at large.
It is
reported that at least 120 people were killed—with 87 of those deaths occurring
at the Bataclan theatre. In
addition, more than 200 people were injured during the attacks, including 80
people who were listed as being in serious condition.
In
response, French President François
Hollande announced a national state of emergency, and subsequently
placed temporary controls on the borders of France in a televised statement at
23:58 CET. It was the first
nation-wide state of emergency since the end of the Second World War. Prior to the attack, France had been
on high alert since the 2015
Île-de-France attacks in Paris
that killed seventeen people
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