The evening of November 13, 2015 turned into a night of sheer terror when a group of jihadist commandos launched a series of attacks in #Paris that killed 130 people.
France 24 spoke to four Parisians about how the night of #13Novembre2015 unfolded ⤵️
🇫🇷 Lili Rathipanya, 40, who lives just 50 metres from Le Petit Cambodge, recalled how she started hearing “never-ending” sirens blaring outside her window.
Five years after a squad of Islamist killers waged the deadliest attack during peacetime in modern-day #France 🇫🇷, PM Jean Castex on Friday paid tribute to those killed, with the country once again on its highest security alert.
🇫🇷 130 people were killed on #13November2015 when groups of gunmen and suicide bombers attacked the perimeter of the Stade de France, the #Bataclan music hall and six bars and cafes.
@abdelmassive France 24's @haxieMB spoke to Guillaume Denoix de Saint Marc, Founder and President of the French Association for Victims of Terrorism, about how those who survived that terrible night are coping, especially amid a fresh wave of terror attacks in #France 🇫🇷⤵️
@abdelmassive@haxieMB In silence and mourning, #France 🇫🇷 marked five years since 130 people were killed by Islamist extremists in a series of coordinated attacks.
Friday's anniversary comes with France still reeling from three attacks in the last weeks
#France 🇫🇷 is back on its highest security alert after a stabbing outside the #CharlieHebdo magazine's former offices, the beheading of teacher, #SamuelPaty, who showed his class cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad and an attack in a church in #Nice.
🇫🇷 The 2021 trial into the #Parisattacks will see French-Belgian Salah Abdeslam in the dock🧑⚖️
Nineteen other suspects accused of providing logistical support will be on trial with him, though five are presumed dead in Iraq or Syria and will be tried in absentia
Almost two weeks into the national #lockdown, #France's 🇫🇷 PM Jean Castex is holding a news conference regarding the #coronavirus situation later Thursday 🦠
As @Ellen_TLG reports, the government is expected to make announcements on whether to tighten or loosen the lockdown ⤵️
@Ellen_TLG 🇫🇷 The medical staff of the French hospital of #Chambery is under pressure, as the region of #Savoie is being hard hit by a second wave of #coronavirus 🦠📈
As @Selina_Sykes reports, the Savoie region has the highest infection rate in #France ⤵️
The announcement came as #Italy 🇮🇹 recorded more than one million cases and the #UK 🇬🇧 said its death toll has surpassed the 50,000 mark 📈🦠 f24.my/74KC.t
🇮🇳 #India's government has remained silent about the potential fallout from clashes with #China's 🇨🇳 army in a disputed border area in the high #Himalayas
The most violent confrontation in decades between the two countries claimed 20 soldiers' lives, according to the Indian army
The border between #India 🇮🇳 and #China 🇨🇳 where the recent clashes took place, is known as the 'Line of Actual Control'
It was established following a war between the two countries in 1962 that resulted in an uneasy truce
@EmmanuelMacron "I have decided to ramp up the measures to limit travel and contact between people starting tomorrow for at least 15 days," says #Macron. "I call on your sense of responsibility and solidarity"
🕯️💐 Residents of #ElPaso, #Texas and #Dayton, #Ohio have gathered to pay tribute to the victims of two mass shootings this weekend.
2020 Democrats have blamed President #Trump's rhetoric for the mass shootings, saying his language against minorities promotes racial division and violence.