Bombdåd i paris 2015
Paris attacks: What happened on the night
One of the attackers was said to have shouted "God is great" in Arabic. One witness heard a gunman blaming President Hollande for intervening in Syria. It was the first clear evidence that Paris was once again being targeted by Islamists.
"We thought it was fireworks but then there were men shooting in all directions. So we all lay on the floor and started crawling towards the stage," one woman said.
Some escaped via an emergency exit to the left of the stage. Others managed to find a route onto the roof.
By now, President Hollande was in crisis talks with Prime Minister Manuel Valls as well as Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve. Mr Hollande announced a state of emergency throughout France and a tightening of border controls.
The order was then given to send elite security forces into the concert hall. As the operation came to a head, at about , a police officer shot one of the gunmen, and his suicide belt detonated. The siege ended with the other two blowing themselves up.
The three attackers have since been identified as Omar Ismail Mostefai, 29, Samy Animour, 28, and Foued Mohamed-Aggad,
Who were the att
Paris attacks: Who were the attackers?
"Investigators see a link with Verviers," Belgium's dem Standaard newspaper reported, referring to a Belgian town where police shot dead two militants in January and broke up a cell aiming to kill Belgian police officers, days after the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris.
Earlier in , Brahim Abdeslam had travelled to Turkey, intending to go on to Syria, but Turkish authorities deported him back to Brussels, Belgian judicial officials told Le Soir newspaper. The report said he had been questioned on his return to Belgium and then released.
Both Brahim Abdeslam and Abaaoud lived in Molenbeek, a rundown district of Brussels with a substantial Muslim population, which is described by some Belgian officials as a "breeding ground for jihadists".
Friends and neighbours who spoke to the BBC's Newsnight team said that in October , Brahim Abdeslam saved fem children from a burning building.
"I'm grateful to Brahim for sparande my children, but inom can't understand what he did in Paris," the children's father said, external.
Brahim owned a bar in Molenbeek which some reports say was managed bygd his
November Paris attacks
islamist terrorist attacks in France
For other uses, see Paris attacks.
| November Paris attacks | |
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Public memorials for the victims, and police near the scenes of some of the attacks | |
Locations of the attacks—stars denote suicide bombings | |
| Native&#;name | Attentats du Novembre |
| Location | Paris and Saint-Denis, France |
| Date | , 13&#;November&#;&#;(T21:16) &#;– , 14&#;November&#;&#;(T00:58)&#; (CET) |
| Target |
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Attack type | Islamic terrorism, mass shooting, mass murder, suicide bombing and hostage-taking |
| Weapons | 4 Zastava M70assault rifles,[1][2]TATPsuicide belts, butcher knives (unused), 1 Bulgarian AKKS rifle, 1 Chinese NorincoType [3] |
| Deaths | (including 7 attackers)[4][5][6] |
| Injured | At least [7][8] |