SEVEN SEPARATE ATTACKS, 129 DEATHS AND 349 INJURIES: WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE PARIS MASSACRE SO FAR
Paris attacks: What we know so far
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At least 129 people are dead, and another 352 injured, after three
teams of jihadis struck the Stade de France football stadium, a handful
of bars and cafes, and then finally the Bataclan concert hall.
FIRST TWO ATTACKS: STADE DE FRANCE
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The attacks began at 8.17pm GMT at the Stade de France where the French
football team was hosting Germany in an international friendly.
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The game was being watched by 80,000 spectators, among them was
President Francois Hollande who had to be evacuated from the stadium.
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The first explosion, a suicide bombing, was at an entrance to the
stadium. Ahmad al Mohammed from Syria approached the stadium with a
match ticket when he was frisked by a security guard who turned him
away. Al Mohammed backed away from the gate and detonated his vest
killing one other person. Bilal Hadfi blew himself up several minutes
later.
THIRD ATTACK: LE PETIT CAMBODGE AND LE CARILLON BAR
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At 8.25pm GMT a separate team of gunmen arrived in a Black Seat and
attacked diners at popular Cambodian restaurant Le Petit Cambodge and Le
Carillon bar in the trendy Canal Saint-Martin area of eastern Paris,
killing 15.
FOURTH ATTACK: LA CASA NOSTRA PIZZERIA AND LA BELLE EQUIPE BAR
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The same unit then drove about 500 yards to La Casa Nostra pizzeria and
opened fire on diners on the terrace of the restaurant, killing at
least five people.
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From there, the militants drove around a mile south-east – apparently
past the area of the Bataclan concert venue – to launch another attack,
this time on La Belle Equipe bar in Rue de Charonne. At least 19 people
died after the terrace was sprayed with bullets at 8.38pm GMT. The
attackers then drove off.
FIFTH ATTACK: CAFÉ 'COMPTOIR VOLTAIRE'
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Five minutes later, Ibrahim Adeslam set off a suicide vest outside the
outside cafe 'Comptoir Voltaire' on the Boulevard Voltaire and close to
the Bataclan theatre.
SIXTH ATTACK: BATACLAN MUSIC HALL
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At 8.49pm GMT, the third group (believed to be three men and a woman)
armed with AK-47s stormed the Bataclan music hall and began shooting
members of the crowd. Survivors claim three blew themselves up and a
fourth person was shot dead by police before they could detonate their
bomb.
SEVENTH ATTACK: NEAR STADE DE FRANCE
At
around 8.50pm GMT a third blast took place near the Stade de France,
this time by a McDonald's restaurant on the fringes of the stadium. The
boom caused terror among spectators who had already been attempting to
flee the stadium following the first two explosions.
Tearful members of the public view flowers and tributes on the pavement near the scene of the concert hall massacre on Friday
AFTERMATH:
On
Saturday morning, ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks across
Paris, saying 'eight brothers wearing explosive belts and carrying
assault rifles' conducted a 'blessed attack on... Crusader France'.
On
Saturday afternoon, three people travelling in a grey VW Polo were
arrested at the French/Belgian border when police traced the car after
it was sighted outside the Bataclan theatre at the time of the attacks.
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One of the Bataclan suspects was found carrying a Syrian passport under
the name Ahmed Almuhamed who travelled to France as a migrant through
Greece on October 3. Ferry tickets reveal he travelled with another man
named as Mohammed Almuhamed.
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Omar Ismaël Mostefai, 29, from Courcouronnes, Paris was also named as a
Bataclan suicide bomber. The petty criminal and father-of-one was known
to police as a radical and had travelled to Algeria and Syria. He was
identified by the fingerprint on a severed digit found after he
detonated his suicide belt. Mostefai is believed to have been
radicalised by a Belgian hate preacher of Moroccan descent claimed to
have regularly preached at his mosque in South West France.
- Mostefai's father, a brother and other family members have been held and are being questioned.
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The black Seat Leon used by the terrorists who murdered diners outside
the Casa Nostra pizza restaurant and the La Belle Équipe cafe was found
abandoned 20 minutes away in Montreuil with a cache of weapons inside.
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Seven people were detained in Belgium linked to the atrocities - three
at the border and four in Brussels. Five are from the Molenbeek area of
Brussels known as a 'den of terrorists'.
- French police are still hunting for two gunmen on the run and an ISIS bombmaker likely to have made the suicide vests.
- Three of the men believed to be at the heart of the eight-strong ISIS cell were brothers, it emerged on Sunday night.
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An international arrest warrant has been issued for Brussels-born
Frenchman Salah Abdeslam, 26, who is accused of renting a Volkswagen
Polo used by the suicide bombers.
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His brother Ibrahim, 31, blew himself up in a solo attack outside cafe
Comptoir Voltaire after renting a black Seat found abandoned today
filled with AK-47s and ammunition.
- A third unnamed sibling has been arrested in the Belgian capital.
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On Sunday evening the French defence ministry announced that the
country's warplanes had bombed Islamic State's stronghold in Syria's
Raqa, destroying a command post and a training camp, the defence
ministry said. Ten fighter jets were involved, dropping 20 bombs.
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