World Buildings In Solidarity With France: Paris Attacks
Multiple landmark structures around the world were lit in the colours of the French flag, including the spire of One World Trade Center in New York City, Tower Bridge in London, the San Francisco Civic Center, the CN Tower in Toronto, the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin,[citation needed] the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, the Wembley Stadium arch in London,[100] and the Petřín Lookout Tower in Prague and the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw.
On the evening of 13 November 2015, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks occurred in Paris and Saint-Denis, France. The attacks consisted of mass shootings, suicide bombings, bombings and hostage taking. Beginning at 21:16 CET, three separate explosions and six mass shootings occurred, including bombings near the Stade de France in the northern suburb of Saint-Denis.[10][11] The deadliest attack was at the Bataclan theatre where attackers took hostages and engaged in a standoff with police until it was ended at 00:58 CET 14 November 2015.
At least 128 people were killed, 87 of them at the Bataclan theatre. More than 300 people were injured by the attacks, including 99 people described as being in a serious condition. In addition to the civilian casualties, eight attackers were killed and authorities continued to search for any accomplices that remained at large French President François Hollande subsequently announced a national state of emergency in France, the first nationwide state of emergency since 1961 and the Algerian War, and subsequently placed temporary controls on the borders of France in a televised statement at 23:58 CET. The first curfew since 1944 was also put in place, ordering people to get off the streets of Paris.[16]
On 14 November, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks. Hollande also said the attacks were organised from abroad "by the Islamic State with internal help"[18] and described them as "an act of war".[19]
The attacks were the deadliest to occur in France since World War II. It was also the deadliest in the European Union since the Madrid bombings in 2004. The attacks came just a day after another Islamic State terrorist attack in Lebanon which killed 43, and 14 days after the crash of Metrojet Flight 9268, which killed 217 passengers and seven crew members, and for which the Islamic State's Sinai branch claimed responsibility. Prior to the attack, France had been on high alert since the January 2015 attacks in Paris that killed 17 people, including civilians and police officers.
In the hours after the attack, some Parisians used social media, in particular the Twitter hashtag #PorteOuverte (French for "#OpenDoor"), to offer overnight shelter to strangers stranded by the attacks. The hashtag trended worldwide. A modified version of the International Peace Symbol by London-based French graphic designer Jean Jullien, in which the center fork was modified to resemble the Eiffel Tower, was also widely spread. Jullien's posting of the image on Twitter and Facebook, accompanied by the message "Peace for Paris", were shared 20,000 times and nearly 7,000 times, respectively. The symbol was widely shared on social media with the hashtags #PrayforParis and #jesuisparis.
French foreign exchange students gathered in Union Square in New York City where they lit candles and sang La Marseillaise.
On the evening of 13 November 2015, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks occurred in Paris and Saint-Denis, France. The attacks consisted of mass shootings, suicide bombings, bombings and hostage taking. Beginning at 21:16 CET, three separate explosions and six mass shootings occurred, including bombings near the Stade de France in the northern suburb of Saint-Denis.[10][11] The deadliest attack was at the Bataclan theatre where attackers took hostages and engaged in a standoff with police until it was ended at 00:58 CET 14 November 2015.
At least 128 people were killed, 87 of them at the Bataclan theatre. More than 300 people were injured by the attacks, including 99 people described as being in a serious condition. In addition to the civilian casualties, eight attackers were killed and authorities continued to search for any accomplices that remained at large French President François Hollande subsequently announced a national state of emergency in France, the first nationwide state of emergency since 1961 and the Algerian War, and subsequently placed temporary controls on the borders of France in a televised statement at 23:58 CET. The first curfew since 1944 was also put in place, ordering people to get off the streets of Paris.[16]
On 14 November, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks. Hollande also said the attacks were organised from abroad "by the Islamic State with internal help"[18] and described them as "an act of war".[19]
The attacks were the deadliest to occur in France since World War II. It was also the deadliest in the European Union since the Madrid bombings in 2004. The attacks came just a day after another Islamic State terrorist attack in Lebanon which killed 43, and 14 days after the crash of Metrojet Flight 9268, which killed 217 passengers and seven crew members, and for which the Islamic State's Sinai branch claimed responsibility. Prior to the attack, France had been on high alert since the January 2015 attacks in Paris that killed 17 people, including civilians and police officers.
In the hours after the attack, some Parisians used social media, in particular the Twitter hashtag #PorteOuverte (French for "#OpenDoor"), to offer overnight shelter to strangers stranded by the attacks. The hashtag trended worldwide. A modified version of the International Peace Symbol by London-based French graphic designer Jean Jullien, in which the center fork was modified to resemble the Eiffel Tower, was also widely spread. Jullien's posting of the image on Twitter and Facebook, accompanied by the message "Peace for Paris", were shared 20,000 times and nearly 7,000 times, respectively. The symbol was widely shared on social media with the hashtags #PrayforParis and #jesuisparis.
French foreign exchange students gathered in Union Square in New York City where they lit candles and sang La Marseillaise.