ISIS Attacks Paris, Kill 129 (PICTURES)
Category: Terrorism News
In simultaneous attacks on
Friday night, assailants targeted six sites in Paris, including a concert hall where at least 80 people were killed. 49 others were killed at different other places around the city.
In
addition to the 129 people killed in Paris, 352 were injured, at least
99 seriously. Seven terrorists were killed, French
officials have said. They all had assault rifles.
One of the target spot was near a soccer match
as France played world champion Germany. Terrified fans huddled
together and streamed onto the field after blasts went off. Others
hugged.
At the Bataclan, a concert hall where most of the fatalities occurred, fans were listening to American rock band
"People
yelled, screamed," said Julien Pearce, a radio reporter who was there.
"It lasted for 10 minutes. Ten horrific minutes where everybody was on
the floor covering their head."
At least 80 people died there.
Other attacks took place along streets in Paris and at the national stadium in Saint-Denis.
Following the various attacks, The
Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility on Saturday for the catastrophic
attacks in the French capital, calling them “the first of the storm” and
mocking France as a “capital of prostitution and obscenity,” according
to statements released in multiple languages on one of the terror
group’s encrypted messaging accounts.
The
remarks came in a communiqué published in Arabic, English and French on
the Islamic State’s account on Telegram, a messaging platform, and then
distributed via its supporters on Twitter, according to a transcript
provided by the SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks jihadist propaganda.
France has vowed to revenge the horrific attacks, President Francois Hollande deemed the shootings and bombings "an act of war". He said, "we will lead the fight, and we will be ruthless"
Belgian authorities made a number of arrests. Raids were
conducted in the Brussels suburb of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Justice
Ministry spokeswoman Sieghild Lacoere said. A car rented in Brussels was
found near one of the sites of the Paris attacks, and "that's what
triggered the raids," Lacoere said.
According to some sources, ISIS released statements claiming to have sponsored the the terror attacks, which it claimed were carried out by, “Eight
brothers, wrapped in explosive belts and armed with machine rifles,
targeted sites that were accurately chosen in the heart of the capital
of France,” the group said in the statement, “including the Stade de
France during the match between the Crusader German and French teams,
where the fool of France, François Hollande, was present.”
The statement further said, “Let
France and those who walk in its path know that they will remain on the
top of the list of targets of the Islamic State,” the statement added,
referring to the attacks at the Bataclan concert hall and elsewhere in
Paris.
One of the suicide bombers in Friday's attacks has been identified as
Ismael Omar Mostefai, according to a French member of Parliament.
Mostefai lived in Chartres at least until 2012, said Jean-Pierre Gorges,
who is mayor of the French town as well as a member of Parliament, via Facebook.
A Syrian passport was found near the body
of an attacker outside one of the targeted sites, the Stade de France,
according to a police source, CNN affiliate France 2 and other French
media reported.
The passport belonged
to a person who had been processed on the Greek island of Leros, Greek
Deputy Minister of Citizen Protection Nikos Toskas said Saturday. CNN
cannot independently verify that the passport was authentic or whether
it actually belonged to one of the attackers.
A
source close to the investigation told CNN that an Egyptian passport
was found on another attacker.
"There is strong assumption that these
passports are fake," the source said.
Source: CNN, NY Times
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