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Over 100 People Killed at Six Locations in Terrorist Attacks in Paris France

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Apr 19, 2022:

Belgium Starts Trial of Suspected Paris Attack Helpers | U.S. News & World Report

Sep 8, 2021:

Top suspect in Paris terror attack trial describes himself as 'Islamic State soldier' | The Hill

Mar 18, 2016:

In Belgium, authorities captured Salah Abdeslam, the man who is believed to be the eighth and last suspect in the November 13, 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, France.

Salah Abdeslam, Suspect in Paris Attacks, Is Captured in Brussels | The New York Times

Nov 20, 2015:

The French parliament voted to extend the state of emergency in France for three months.

Here's a summary of the provisions:

  • additional police and armed guards at public spaces, schools, universities, and transport terminals
  • cancelled school trips and a ban on students using public transport
  • tightening of border controls and restrictions at airports and train stations
  • police have the power to search homes without a warrant
  • authorities have the power to ban protests and public gatherings
  • authorities have the power to control the press and radio

Source:

Madi, Mohemed. (November 20, 2015). "France's state of emergency laws explained in 90 seconds". BBC. Retrieved 2015-11-21.

Nov 19, 2015:

French authorities confirmed that the body of Abdelhamid Abaaoud was found in the building targeted in yesterday's siege in Saint-Denis.

The woman who is believed to have detonated a suicide bomb, Hasna Aitboulahcen, is reported to be Abdelhamid Abaaoud's cousin.

Officials: Suspected Paris Mastermind, Cousin Died in Raid | ABC News

France confirms suspected mastermind of Paris attacks killed in raid | Reuters

Paris attacks: police examine remains of 'cowgirl' turned suicide bomber | The Guardian

Nov 18, 2015:

French security forces conducted a seven-hour siege in the northern Paris Saint-Denis district based on a lead that the ring-leader of the recent Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, was hiding out there. As the siege came to an end, a woman set off an explosion, possibly a suicide bomb, and a man was shot and killed by French police. No official statement has been made as to whether Abdelhamid Abaaoud was present at the site of the siege.

Since the Paris attacks on November 13, 414 raids have been conducted in France with at least 25 arrests.

2 terror suspects dead after French police raid north of Paris | The Washington Post

Hunt for suspected Paris ringleader circles back to city on edge | The Washington Post

Nov 17, 2015:

France invoked article 42.7 of the European Union Treaty of Lisbon, which requires that whenever an EU member state experiences armed aggression on its territory, all EU member states have an obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power. This is the first time article 42.7 has been invoked.

France invokes EU's article 42.7, but what does it mean? | The Guardian

Nov 16, 2015:

French authorities think that as many as 20 people may have been involved in the Paris attacks.

French police released a photo of an eighth suspect (six detonated suicide bombs and a seventh was shot and killed by police), a Belgian man named Salah Abdeslam.

French officials think as many as 20 plotters may be behind Paris attacks | The Washington Post

President Hollande addressed both houses of of the French Parliament in a 45-minute speech. He asked for additional power under France’s state-of-emergency statute in addition to an extension of the current state of emergency for three months.

Hollande suggested a single alliance between France, Russia, and the United States to combat ISIS.

Hollande also said he would hire another 5,000 police officers specializing in combating terrorism to secure French borders, regardless of budgetary constraints.

France’s President Proposes Measures to Fight Islamic State | The Wall Street Journal

Nov 14, 2015:

Last night in Paris, France, terrorists attacked and killed over 100 civilians and wounded hundreds at six different locations.

There are 129 confirmed dead and 352 wounded, 99 of them in critical condition.

Here's a list of the locations and what transpired at each location:

  • Bataclan Concert Hall, 50 boulevard Voltaire, 11th district
    • Four men with AK-47 assault rifles entered the hall during a live concert
    • With shouts of "Allahu akbar" (God is great) the men began shooting people in the audience and throwing grenades
    • Ten to fifteen minutes later the men rounded up hostages as French Police arrived outside the hall
    • After a two-hour standoff, French Police entered the hall
    • Three of the men detonated explosive suicide devices and the fourth man was shot dead by police
    • Approximately 89 people were killed
  • La Belle Equipe restaurant at 92 rue de Charonne, 11th district
    • Gunmen killed at least 19 people
  • Restaurant at the corner of Rue de Charonne and Rue Faidherbe
    • Gunmen killed approximately 18 people
  • The Le Carillon bar and Le Petit Cambodge at rue Alibert, 10th district
    • At least 12 people were killed and many others wounded
  • Stade de France, St Denis, just north of Paris
    • Three suicide bombs were detonated outside the stadium where France and Germany were playing a soccer match
    • One person was killed along with the three suicide bombers
    • French president François Hollande was evacuated from the stadium

According to the Site Intelligence Group website (whose staff studies, tracks, and analyzes international terrorists, the global jihadist network, and terrorism financing) on a page entitled "IS Claims Paris Attacks, Warns Operation is 'First of the Storm'", today ISIS distributed a communique on Twitter and pro-IS Telegram channels claiming responsibility for the attacks.

Here are a few quotes from the communique:

In a blessed attack for which Allah facilitated the causes for success, a faithful group of the soldiers of the Caliphate, may Allah dignify it and make it victorious, launched out, targeting the capital of prostitution and obscenity, the carrier of the banner of the Cross in Europe, Paris.

Allah had granted our brothers their wish and gave them what they loved, for they detonated their belts in the gatherings of the disbelievers after running out of ammunition, we ask Allah to accept them among the martyrs and make us follow them.

Let France and those who walk in its path know that they will remain on the top of the list of targets of the Islamic State, and that the smell of death will never leave their noses as long as they lead the convoy of the Crusader campaign, and dare to curse our Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, and are proud of fighting Islam in France and striking the Muslims in the land of the Caliphate with their planes, which did not help them at all in the streets of Paris and its rotten alleys. This attack is the first of the storm and a warning to those who wish to learn.

French president François Hollande said the attacks were an "act of war", carried out by ISIS and possibly insiders, and he declared a state of emergency.

Source:

The New York Times staff. (November 13, 2015). "The Attacks in Paris: What Happened at Each Location". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-11-14.

Nossiter, Adam; Higgins, Andrew. (November 13, 2015). "'Scene of Carnage' Inside Sold-Out Paris Concert Hall". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-11-14.

Callimachi, Rukmini. (November 14, 2015). "ISIS Claims Responsibility, Calling Paris Attacks 'First of the Storm'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-11-14.

BBC staff. (November 14, 2015). "Paris attacks: Bataclan and other assaults leave many dead". BBC. Retrieved 2015-11-14.

Nossiter, Adam; Breeden, Aurelien; Clark, Nicola. (November 14, 2015). "Paris Attacks Were an ‘Act of War’ by ISIS, Hollande Says". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-11-14.

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