France has declared a national state of
emergency and tightened borders after at least
120 people were killed in a night of gun and
bomb attacks in Paris.
Eighty people were reported killed after gunmen
burst into the Bataclan concert hall and took
dozens hostage.
The siege ended when security forces stormed
the building.
People were shot dead at bars and restaurants
at five other sites in Paris. Eight attackers are
reported to have been killed.
Police believed all of the gunmen were dead but
it was unclear if any accomplices were still on
the run after the string of near-simultaneous
attacks.
Paris residents have been asked to stay indoors
and about 1,500 military personnel are being
deployed across the city.
Live: Follow the latest developments here.
In pictures: Paris shootings
Eyewitness accounts from the scene
The gunmen's motives were not immediately
confirmed, but one witness at the Bataclan heard
one of the attackers appear to express support
for the militant Islamic State (IS) group.
"It's Hollande's fault, he shouldn't have
intervened in Syria!" the man shouted, according
to French news agency AFP, citing the French
president's decision to take part in Western air
strikes on IS.
Paris saw three days of attacks in early January,
when Islamist gunmen murdered 18 people after
attacking satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, a
Jewish supermarket and a policewoman on
patrol.
Attack sites:
Bataclan concert venue, 50 boulevard Voltaire,
11th district - gun and suicide bomb attacks
Stade de France , St Denis, just north of Paris -
explosions near venue as France played Germany
in football friendly
Le Carillon bar, 18 rue Alibert, 10th district - gun
attack
Le Petit Cambodge restaurant, 20 rue Alibert,
10th district - gun attack
La Belle Equipe , 92 rue de Charonne, 11th
district - gun attack
La Casa Nostra restaurant, 2 rue de la Fontaine
au roi, 11th district - gun attack
What we know
Busiest time
The attack on the 1,500-seat Bataclan hall was
by far the deadliest of Friday night's attacks.
Gunmen opened fire on concert-goers watching
US rock group Eagles of Death Metal. The event
had been sold out.
The series of attacks not far from the Place de
la Republique and the Place de la Bastille struck
at the heart of the capital when cafes, bars and
restaurants were at their busiest.
Customers were singled out at venues including
a pizza restaurant and a Cambodian restaurant.
The other target was the Stade de France, on
the northern fringe of Paris, where President
Hollande and 80,000 other spectators were
watching a friendly international between France
and Germany, with a TV audience of millions
more.
The president was whisked to safety after the
first of at least two explosions just outside the
venue to convene an emergency cabinet
meeting. Three attackers were reportedly killed
there.
As the extent of the bloodshed became clear, Mr
Hollande went on national TV to announce a
state of emergency for the first time in France
since 2005. The decree enables the authorities
to close public places and impose curfews and
restrictions on the movement of traffic and
people.
Within an hour, security forces had stormed the
concert hall and all four attackers there were
dead. Three had blown themselves up and a
fourth was shot dead by police.
Another attacker was killed in a street in eastern
Paris, reports said.
Speaking after arriving at the concert hall,
President Hollande said the attackers would be
fought "without mercy".
US President Barack Obama spoke of "an
outrageous attempt to terrorise innocent
civilians".
UK PM David Cameron said he was shocked and
pledged to do "whatever we can to help".
Paris Mayor Ann Hidalgo announced that all
schools, museums, libraries, gyms, swimming
pools and markets would be shut on Saturday.
Analysis: BBC's Europe correspondent Damian
Grammaticas
It's just 10 months since Paris was the scene of
multiple terrorist attacks, first the massacre of
staff at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and
then a hostage-taking at a Jewish supermarket.
What happened in Paris on Friday night is exactly
what Europe's security services have long feared,
and tried to foil. Simultaneous, rolling attacks,
with automatic weapons and suicide bombers in
the heart of a major European city, targeting
multiple, crowded public locations.
The tactics have been used before, in Mumbai
and elsewhere. But how they've come to Europe
is one of many questions that will have to be
answered.
Were the attackers French citizens? If so, how
they were radicalised, armed and organised - was
it in France, in Syria, and by whom? Why weren't
they detected? Is France, after two major attacks
this year, uniquely vulnerable or does the
carnage in Paris mean all of Europe faces new
threats to our public places and events? And if a
Syrian link is proven, will France recoil from that
conflict or will it redouble its commitment to the
fight against radical groups there?
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