It was the worst attack on a European target since the Madrid bombings in 2004, when 190 people were killed and more than 1,800 wounded, in four coordinated attacks on commuter trains. “We stand prepared and ready to provide whatever assistance that the government and the people of France need”.
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the Netherlands would tighten security at its borders and airports, and said the Dutch were “at war” with Islamic State.
A statement from his office on Saturday called for “concerted worldwide efforts” to combat “the scourge of terrorism, which aims to destabilize security and stability in various parts of the world, without distinction”.
“This is an attack not just on Paris, it’s an attack not just on the people of France, but this is an attack on all of humanity and the universal values that we share”, Obama said in a press conference. They were unexpected and horrifying, and prompted French President François Hollande to declare a state of emergency, which hadn’t occurred since 2005.
“In France, and Australia, all around the world, we stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of France and with all free peoples in the battle against terrorism”, Turnbull added.
He said his brother and sister-in-law didn’t realize the restaurant with reported shooting was the one they had been to until later.
“It is an act of war that was committed by a terrorist army, a jihadist army against France”, a visibly shaken Hollande said. “I do not understand – these things hard to understand”.
Hollande, who had to be evacuated from the stadium when the bombs went off outside, said in a televised address that the nation would stand firm and united.
“When the terrorists are capable of doing such acts, they must know that they will face a France very determined”, he said. Bierhoff said the players “behaved like real professionals”.
Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida says he is “deeply shocked and outraged” by the news of the terrorist attacks in Paris.
“We are of course happy that we have landed safely, but our thoughts are with the relatives and the victims”, said Bierhoff, speaking after the team landed in Frankfurt early on Saturday.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter is calling the attacks in Paris “an assault on our common human dignity”. There is fear but the sentiment that we have to stay united and fearless is also there. The Charlie Hebdo attackers claimed links to extremists in Yemen, while the kosher market attacker claimed ties to the Islamic State group.
Le Monde said its reporter who filmed the scene from his apartment balcony, Daniel Psenney, was shot in the arm after he stopped filming, when he went downstairs to help someone who had collapsed in the alley.
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He said Canada has offered “all of our help and support to the government of France”.
