- Title: France to mark one year anniversary of Paris attacks
- Date: 11th November 2016
- Summary: SAINT-DENIS, FRANCE (FILE - NOVEMBER 13, 2015) (REUTERS) (NIGHTS SHOTS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE LEAVING STADIUM VARIOUS OF POLICE WEARING SECURITY GEAR, HOLDING GUNS On November 13, 2015, eight attackers shot guns or blew explosive belts in different areas of the French capital - the Bataclan concert hall, the Stade de France, and several bars and restaurants. The attacks claimed the lives of 130 people and wounded more than 350 others, of whom most were young people. At 22:57 (21:57 GMT) of that Friday, two explosions were heard near the Stade de France national stadium where a France-Germany friendly football match was being played, with President Francois Hollande in the audience. The match continued until the end but panic broke out in the crowd as rumors of the attack spread, and spectators were held in the stadium and assembled spontaneously on the pitch. After the match, police guided supporters outside the stadium. PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - NOVEMBER 14, 2015) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF POLICE DURING ASSAULT AT BATACLAN CONCERT HALL, EXPLOSIONS AND GUNSHOTS HEARD SURVIVORS WALKING OUTSIDE IN THERMAL BLANKETS WITH FIRE TRUCKS IN BACKGROUND SPECIAL POLICE FORCE (BRI) WEARING BLACK MASKS AND WALKING WITH GUNS VARIOUS OF INJURED BEING CARRIED OUT OF CONCERT HALL PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE CONCERT HALL At the Bataclan concert hall, three gunmen strapped with explosives took hostages and killed 89 people in the biggest loss of life during the violence. Gunfire could be heard late on November 13 from inside the Bataclan theatre where rock group Eagles of Death Metal was performing in concert. French security forces carried out an assault in the early hours of Saturday (November 14) after gunmen stormed the venue and killed around 100 people. Several injured were carried out of Paris' Bataclan concert hall after police action on the site ended. The hostage situation ended around 1 a.m. PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - NOVEMBER 15, 2015) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERED AT PLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE WITH FLOWERS AND CANDLES LIT CANDLES PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND FLOWERS AND CANDLES MAN CRYING AND BEING CONSOLED BY HIS FRIEND PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - NOVEMBER 14, 2015) (REUTERS) LE CARILLON RESTAURANT, THE SITE OF ONE OF SHOOTINGS / FLOWERS AND CANDLES AT SCENE BULLET HOLE IN GLASS PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - NOVEMBER 16, 2015) (REUTERS) PEOPLE OBSERVING MINUTE'S SILENCE OUTSIDE THE CARILLON RESTAURANT Other people were killed the same night in up to seven other attacks in the Paris region in bars and restaurants. On November 15 crowds of mourners gathered at Place de la Republique in the centre of Paris to light candles in the aftermath of the deadly Paris attacks. At the foot of the statue in the centre of the square, people lit candles and laid flowers to pay homage to the victims. Mourners also gathered outside Paris restaurants which were the scene of November 13 bloody shootings. Parisians descended on "Le Carillon" in the eastern part of Paris, where flowers and candles were also heaped on the pavements. On November 16 people gathered for a minute's silence at landmarks and the sites of the attacks to remember the victims and their families. PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - DECEMBER 8, 2015) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF BATACLAN CONCERT HALL / EAGLES OF DEATH METAL BAND MEMBERS IN FRONT OF MEMORIAL EAGLES OF DEATH METAL FRONTMAN JESSE HUGHES (RED SUSPENDERS), DRUMMER JULIAN DORIO (GREY HAT) CRYING, COVERING FACES Eagles of Death Metal, the band which was performing when the deadliest of the Islamic State attacks took place, paid their respects at a memorial outside the Bataclan theatre in the city on December 8. Members of the band were emotional as they laid flowers at the memorial and read messages left for loved ones. PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - NOVEMBER 30, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BULLET HOLES AND DAMAGE ON EXTERIOR WALLS BEHIND BATACLAN CONCERT HALL SEALED THEATRE DOOR BULLET HOLE PASSING THROUGH DOWNSPOUT PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - NOVEMBER 20, 2015) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF BATACLAN PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - NOVEMBER 30, 2015) (REUTERS) BULLET HOLES, POLICE OFFICERS STANDING BULLET HOLES At the end of November, the street outside the emergency exit of the Bataclan concert hall, which saw hundreds of panicked people running and screaming after the attack, reopened to the public. For the first time since the bloody attacks, passers-by were able to see the damage caused by gunfire on walls and street signs near the venue. A bullet hole seen on a downspout near the emergency exit suggests a bullet that passed straight through the metal pipe.
- Embargoed: 26th November 2016 13:48
- Keywords: Paris attacks concert hall victims Bataclan bars restaurants Salah Abdeslam Abdelhamid Abaaoud police France
- Location: PARIS, VERSAILLES, SAINT-DENIS & TRITH-SAINT-LEGER, FRANCE / BRUSSELS, BELGIUM / UNKNOWN LOCATION
- City: PARIS, VERSAILLES, SAINT-DENIS & TRITH-SAINT-LEGER, FRANCE / BRUSSELS, BELGIUM / UNKNOWN LOCATION
- Country: France
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
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