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120+ Killed in Paris Terror Attacks, France Declares State of Emergency

November 14, 2015

The death toll from the city-wide gun and bomb attacks in Paris has risen to 129, Paris’ prosecutor said on Saturday. Following the attacks, French President François Hollande issued a state of emergency and announced via a televised address that the military has been deployed across Paris, putting the city on complete lock-down. The President also decided to close the country’s borders in the wake of what he called “unprecedented terrorist attacks”. “To all those who have seen these awful things, I want to say we are going to lead a war which will be pitiless,” said the French President Hollande from outside the Bataclan theater where 118 people were killed. “Because when terrorists are capable of committing such atrocities they must be certain that they are facing a determined France, a united France, a France that is together and does not let itself be moved, even if today we express infinite sorrow.” American Airlines has also suspended flights to Paris until additional information is available on the “tragic incident”, said a spokesperson. Meanwhile, for the first time since 1944, a curfew has been enforced in Paris. The city’s mayor…


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