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KEY POINTS
- At least 129 dead in six separate attacks on Friday night
- Police say 300 injured, nearly 100 critically
- Isis claims responsibility
- Here's what we know about the seven attackers, who are all dead
- François Hollande has declared a state of emergency
- IN PICTURES – A night of shock and horror
- World leaders condemn attacks
- COP21 climate summit to go ahead as planned
- Greek police say two migrants registered as refugees could be linked to attacks
21:15 – France sets up reception areas for victims' families
An area designated for the families of victims in the attacks has been created in Paris' Military School.
21:00 – More details emerge on two migrants possibly linked to attacks
Two men who French police are seeking to trace in connection with the Paris attacks registered as refugees with Greek authorities earlier this year, the Greek police confirmed on Saturday.
French authorities had asked their Greek counterparts to check a passport and fingerprints of one man and the fingerprints of another who were thought to have registered in Greece, which is the main entry point into Europe for Syrian refugees.
At least one Syrian passport was found near the body of one of the assailants who died in Friday night's violence.
A US student from California was killed in the Paris attacks, her university said on Saturday.
It was the first word of an American being among the victims of the Friday night massacre.
The US State Department said separately that some Americans were wounded in the terrorist onslaught but it did not specify how many.
The student killed was identified as Nohemi Gonzalez, a third-year design student at California State University, Long Beach. She was in Paris doing a semester abroad.
Read more about the victims here.
#Toulouse ce soir pas de rassemblement d'ampleur mais 1 volonté de recueillement #ParisAttacks Photo @MarineVlahovic pic.twitter.com/kCSJtpVEIU
— France Bleu Toulouse (@Bleu_Toulouse) November 14, 2015
An updated list of the nationalities of those killed was compiled by AFP:
– BELGIUM: At least two nationals were killed, according to the Belgian foreign ministry.
– ROMANIA: Two Romanians were killed according to the foreign ministry in Bucharest.
– TUNISIA: Two young Tunisians, sisters who lived in the centre-eastern French region of Creusot and who were celebrating a friend's birthday in Paris, were also killed, according to the Tunisian foreign ministry.
– BRITAIN: One Briton was killed, the Foreign Office says, adding that a “handful” were feared dead.
– PORTUGAL: A 63-year-old Portuguese national, who lived in Paris and who worked in public transport, was killed near the Stade de France sports stadium, according to Portuguese authorities.
– SPAIN: 29-year-old Alberto Gonzalez Garrido, according to the Spanish authorities, was killed while attending a concert at the Bataclan theatre that came under attack.
– SWEDEN: One person of Swedish nationality was wounded by gunfire and another was killed, according to the foreign ministry, which said it was verifying the information.
UNITED STATES: A US student from California was killed in the Paris attacks, her university says.
17h, place de la Comédie, à Montpellier https://t.co/222vIzPyVC via @TertuliaSC pic.twitter.com/r4DBa5Rtha
— Renaud Creus (@RenaudCreus) November 14, 2015
20:45 – Prime Minister Valls says France is 'at war'
20:35 – Belgium opens terrorism probe, arrests made
Belgium has opened a terrorism probe linked to the attacks in Paris as police raided a neighbourhood in the capital Brussels and arrested several suspects, prosecutors said on Saturday.
The federal prosecutor's office said its counterparts in Paris had asked for help after a car with Belgian license plates and rented in Belgium was found near a concert hall where scores of people were killed on Friday night.
An anti-terrorism judge took up the case because two of the people killed in Paris were Belgians, the office said in a statement.
“The investigation is opened into a charge of terrorism and participation in the activities of a terrorist group,” the prosecutor's office said.
“Several arrests were carried out at the end of the afternoon. The operations are still underway in the Molenbeek neighbourhood,” it added.
20:27 – Reports that two migrants registered in Greece are being sought
AFP reported that police are now looking into two migrants registered in Greece.
#BREAKING Two migrants sought over Paris attacks registered in Greece: police
— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) November 14, 2015
20:25 – U2 pays tribute to victims after cancelling concert
The band U2 was seen paying their respects to the victims at a pop-up memorial created near the Bataclan concert hall where dozens had been held hostage and killed during a concert on Friday.
Irish band #U2 pay homage to the #Parisattacks victims near the #Bataclan. By @franck_fife #AFP pic.twitter.com/uevhrbZEDl
— AFP Photo Department (@AFPphoto) November 14, 2015
The Irish rockers had cancelled a sold-out concert scheduled for tonight at Paris's AccorHotels Arena, formerly known as the Bercy Arena. They have also cancelled a second concert planned for Sunday.
VIDEO – Le groupe U2 se recueille près du Bataclan #attentatparis #AttaquesParis https://t.co/XndYQvsYJ5 pic.twitter.com/bULpwE0lFB
— BFMTV (@BFMTV) November 14, 2015
The city was full on Saturday night of people coming together to honour those who died.
Photo: Martin Bureau/AFP.
20:15 – Zinedine Zidane and Patrick Vieira cancelled plans for charity match
Former France internationals Zinedine Zidane and Patrick Vieira decided not to play in David Beckham's charity match on Saturday in the aftermath of the Paris terror attacks.
Beckham said he understood the decision to pull out of the game on behalf of United Nations children's charity UNICEF that he organized between a Great Britain and Ireland XI and a Rest of the World XI at Old Trafford.
20:02 – First American victim named
23-year-old Nohemi Gonzalez was named by NBC News as the first confirmed American fatality.
EN IMAGES – Attentats: le monde solidaire avec les Parisiens https://t.co/yteByHgho1 pic.twitter.com/8qTSNiUyxE
— BFMTV (@BFMTV) November 14, 2015
19:50 – Hezbollah 'strongly condemns' the attacks
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said on Saturday he “strongly” condemned the Islamic State group's deadly attacks that killed at least 129 people in Paris.
“We, Hezbollah, express our strong condemnation and denunciation of the terrorist attack by the criminals of Daesh in Paris,” he said in a televised address, using the Arabic acronym for IS.
19:47 – Killer known for 'petty crimes'
Prosecutor Francois Molins is now giving information about the bomber identified earlier today as a Frenchman.
We know that he was born in the Paris suburb of Courcouronnes in 1985, and Molins said he was known for committing “petty crimes” between 2004-2006. Intelligence services reported that he was radicalized in 2010.
Molins also confirmed earlier reports that a Syrian passport had been found on one of the attacker's bodies.
19:43 – Three arrests made
The French prosecutor has said that three people were arrested on Saturday morning in connection with the attacks, including one at France's border with Belgium.
19:41 – Eagles of Death Metal cut short tour
Eagles of Death Metal, the California rockers whose concert in Paris turned into a massacre, will cut short a European tour and return home, promoters said Saturday.
The musicians all survived without physical injury but a crew member who is originally from England died in the attack, a person close to the band told AFP.
19:36 – Updates on foreign victims
Several foreigners have been identified as victims of Friday's deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, which left at least 129 dead. Here's what we know so far:
– BELGIUM: At least two victims, according to the Belgian foreign ministry.
– ROMANIA: Two Romanian nationals, according to the foreign ministry in Bucharest.
– TUNISIA: Two young Tunisians, sisters who lived in the centre-eastern French region of Creusot and who were celebrating in Paris a friend's birthday, according to the Tunisian foreign ministry.
– BRITAIN: One Briton killed, a “handful” feared dead: government source
– PORTUGAL: A 63-year-old Portuguese national, who lived in Paris and who worked in public transport, died near to the Stade de France sports stadium, according to the Portuguese authorities.
– SWEDEN: Two Swedish citizens may be among the victims of the attacks, the foreign ministry says.
– SPAIN: 29-year-old Alberto González Garrido, according to the Spanish authorities, was attending a concert at the Bataclan theatre when it was attacked.
“We Europeans will all remember November 13th 2015 as a European day of mourning,” a European Union joint statement said. “All Europeans are invited to join in one minute of silence in memory of the victims at noon on Monday, November 16th.”
Two young children visit the scene of one of the attacks. Photo: Sam Davies
17:50 – Belgium carries out raids
Belgian police raided Saturday a neighbourhood of the capital Brussels in connection with the deadly attacks in Paris, public television RTBF reported.
The network quoted an unidentified source as saying up to three raids were being carried out in the Molenbeek district in connection with the Paris attacks but police were not immediately available for comment.
RTBF said one man was arrested.
The French-language tabloid newspaper La Derniere Heure added that the raids were carried out to find evidence in homes of three young people who it claimed took part in the attacks.
In Paris, several witness reported that some of the attackers arrived in a vehicle with Belgian license plates.
The Belgian station RTL also said there were raids underway in Molenbeek without immediately linking them to the Paris attacks that have left at least 128 people dead.
Belgium's deputy prime minister and interior minister Jan Jambon said Saturday there was “for now no evidence of Belgium involvement” in the attacks, according to an interview on Flemish VRT television.
“RTL said there would be a press conference later by the prosecutor's office.
17:44 – One Isis attacker passed through Greece from Syria
A Syrian passport found by police at the scene of the mass shooting in a Paris concert hall belonged to an asylum seeker who registered on a Greek island in October, a Greek minister said Saturday.
“We confirm that the Syrian passport holder came through the Greek island of Leros on October 3 where he was registered under EU rules,” said a statement issued by Nikos Toskas, the minister for citizen protection.
French police said the document was found “near the body of one of the attackers” in the investigation into the main attack of Friday's carnage, at the Bataclan concert hall, where 82 people were killed.
The authenticity of the passport was being checked, but its discovery indicates a possible Syrian connection which was a working hypothesis for investigators after assailants hit six separate locations in Paris.
Les trafics #metro, #bus, #tramway et #RER de la #RATP sont normaux et toutes nos stations ouvertes.
— Groupe RATP (@GroupeRATP) November 14, 2015
“The European Council's decisions, which we criticised, on the relocation of refugees and immigrants to all EU countries are part of European law,” Konrad Szymanski wrote on right-leaning website wPolityce.pl.
But “after the tragic events of Paris we do not see the political possibility of respecting them,” he said.
“We watched in disbelief and shock at the unfolding events in Paris and our hearts go out to all the victims and their families across the city tonight,” the band said.
The concert had been due to be televised on HBO in the US, and had been the subject of a huge publicity campaign. The band said that it was “fully resolved to go ahead with this show at an appropriate time,”
Despite the state of emergency and U2's cancelation, another veteran rock group, Motörhead, said it planned to go ahead with a concert Sunday in Paris. The Zenith, a major music venue in Paris, said it would step up security for the Motörhead show.
Bullet holes in next door shop to La Belle Equipe cafe where 19 died. @bbc5live pic.twitter.com/ah6WpUMYmA
— Nick Garnett (@nicholasgarnett) November 14, 2015
A 'pray for Paris' sign in a shop window close to the Bataclan pic.twitter.com/stf59EwgEE
— Matthew Woodcraft (@MWoodcraft) November 14, 2015
Bullet holes visible outside Casa Nostra restaurant, where 5 people were shot dead by one of 8 attackers. #Paris pic.twitter.com/O0PMnYHpMm
— Gavin Lee (@GavinLeeBBC) November 14, 2015
Le Republique today. #ParisAttacks @bbc5live pic.twitter.com/lV5xowPJqk
— Nick Garnett (@nicholasgarnett) November 14, 2015
15:18 – Pictures from the street
Here are a few pictures from The Local's Sam Davies, taken on Saturday outside the Carillon and the Petit Cambodge. Residents have been leaving flowers.
“Everyone is numb,” he said.
15:00 – Foreign victims being identified
Information is trickling in about the nationalities of the victims. While the vast majority are likely to be French, it has been confirmed that two Romanians, two Belgians and a Swede are among the dead. Italian news agency ANSA reports that at least two Italians were injured and one female Italian student is missing.
Reuters is reporting that Americans had been confirmed among the injured. The British Foreign Office told The Local they had “no confirmed information” about British victims, though PM David Cameron said “we must be prepared for a number of British casualties”.
Ne diffusez et ne relayez pas de fausses informations ou de fausses rumeurs.
— Préfecture de police (@prefpolice) November 14, 2015
I have spoken to Francois Hollande. I expressed our solidarity with France and said we will do whatever we can to help.
— David Cameron (@David_Cameron) November 14, 2015
My message to the French people: Nous sommes solidaires avec vous. Nous sommes tous ensemble. We are with you. United.
— David Cameron (@David_Cameron) November 14, 2015
The Queen – “Prince Philip and I have been deeply shocked and saddened by the terrible loss of life in #Paris” (1/2)
— BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) November 14, 2015
The Queen – “We send our most sincere condolences to you, the families of those who have died and the French people” (2/2)
— BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) November 14, 2015
“Spaniards know the pain caused by terrorism. Our French friends have our support and solidarity” #ParisAttacks https://t.co/HU9tkqmbNX
— The Local Spain (@TheLocalSpain) November 14, 2015
Monuments around the world light up in colours of the French flag. #ParisAttacks https://t.co/Fl2z6Mzyew pic.twitter.com/KCpssMr5tZ
— Latest on SAYS (@saysdotcom) November 14, 2015
Secretary @JohnKerry expresses condolences to FM @LaurentFabius over #ParisAttacks before Vienna meeting on #Syria pic.twitter.com/aIXTxDKm1Z
— Salman Khan (@salmanbelieve) November 14, 2015
Pour rappel: CIP (centre information) numéro d'information et d'assistance aux victimes 0800 40 60 05
— Préfecture de police (@prefpolice) November 14, 2015
I will be chairing a meeting of COBRA this morning following the horrifying and sickening terror attacks in Paris.
— David Cameron (@David_Cameron) November 14, 2015
Our thoughts and prayers are with the City of Paris and the people of France #PrayforParis
— American Airlines (@AmericanAir) November 14, 2015