“This is an attack on all of humanity and the universal values we share”, Obama said in a statement delivered in the White House Briefing Room.
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Midfielder Lassana Diarra, who played against Germany in a friendly on Friday at Stade de France, lost his cousin in the shootings, and posted a moving message on his Twitter feed.
“This is a horror”, the visibly shaken president said in a midnight television address to the nation before chairing an emergency cabinet meeting. At least three attackers detonated suicide vests and one more is shot by police.
Three minutes after the first detonation a second suicide bomber detonated explosives near the stadium, resulting in the death of a civilian.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered “all of Canada’s support” to France on Friday night in the wake of “deeply worrying” terrorist attacks in Paris that killed at least 120 people. Fans joined players on the field after the game in confusion and concern, but the desire to incite a riot was never realized.
The theater attack was one of six attacks across Paris. The source told CNN that “there is a strong assumption that these passports are fake”.
The state-run IRNA news agency quoted Rouhani as saying Saturday that Iran “itself has been a victim of the scourge of terrorism” and the fight against terrorism must go on. We will respond. We will overcome.
– Belgian authorities say a number of arrests have been made following raids conducted in a Brussels suburb connected to the Paris attacks.
– Four people were killed outside the sports stadium in Saint-Denis, a suburb to the north of Paris. “Since then, Spain has not been targeted, although it is not possible to establish whether this was a decision taken by al-Qaeda, the result of the work of Spain’s anti-terrorist police or the difficulty to plot large-scale attacks”. Modi said whenever evil forces raise their head, reformers like Basaveshwara take centre-stage.
No Americans are among the dead but at least one is injured, the State Department said.
Britain’s Foreign Office updated its travel advice for France urging its citizens to “exercise caution in public places” while Belgium said its nationals should avoid unnecessary travel south of the border altogether. “I am not sure if they were police or the attackers”. The claim by Islamic State in its official statement claiming responsibility for the attacks that they were perpetrated in retaliation for French airstrikes in Syria is one of the issues that make these events not just a crisis for France, but one that has global implications.
Airports in France remained open, and airlines were still flying there, though a few airlines reported canceled flights.
French President Francois Hollande was evacuated from Stade de France near Paris, iTele and BFWTV network reported.
Those who survived an attack on a Paris concert venue physically unscathed have been bused to a special crisis center for psychological support.
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– Russia: The National Anti-Terrorism Committee said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that the country’s security had been put on high alert.
