When attackers killed more than 120 people in
Paris on Friday, it set off police raids, arrests and other
detentions in France, airstrikes in Syria against ISIS and condemnation around
the world.
Here is what we know so far from officials and local news
reports:
-- Police blocked roads in the Brussels, Belgium, suburb
of Molebeek, reputedly frequented by extremists, ahead of a possible detention.
Police in balaclavas surrounded a building and called over a megaphone for
someone to come out.
-- French Interior Minister Bernard Cazaneuve said
"war" had been declared on France, and that "Anybody who attacks
the Republic, the Republic will fight back."
-- Twenty-three people are in custody and weapons and IT
equipment have been seized, Cazaneuve said. A rocket launcher and bulletproof
vest were among the items seized.
-- Cazenueve has ordered 104 people to be put under house
arrest since the Paris attacks.
-- More than 150 police anti-terror raids conducted in
cities across France.
-- A fourth attacker has been identified from the
Bataclan massacre as Samy Amimour, 28, the Paris prosecutors office announced.
-- A worldwide manhunt is underway for Belgian-born
French national Salah Abdeslam, who is suspected of being involved in the attacks.
French police warned that he is "dangerous."
-- Three teams of terrorists staged coordinated attacks at
six locations throughout Paris late Friday, including a concert
hall, the Stade de France and at least two restaurants, Paris prosecutor
Francois Molins said Saturday.
-- Molins said that at least 129 people were killed and
352 wounded in the attacks. Ninety-nine of the wounded are reported to be in a
very serious condition, he said.
-- Molins said seven terrorists were killed, one fewer
than the number ISIS claimed were involved.
-- Two of the dead attackers were identified as Ismael
Omar Mostefai, 29, and Bilal Hafdi, 19 or 20.
-- Six of Mostefai's relatives have been detained, the Paris
prosecutor's office said Sunday. It is common practice in criminal cases in
France, even though none of them has been charged or arrested.
-- A black Seat and a black Volkswagen Polo, which is
registered in Belgium, appear to be two cars used in the Paris attacks. The
Polo was rented by a French nationalliving in Belgium, who
was intercepted at the Belgian border inside a different vehicle.
-- The black Seat was found in the eastern Paris suburb
of Montreuil. CNN affiliate BFMTV reported that authorities found three
Kalashnikov automatic rifles in the car.
-- The discovery raises the possibility that at least one
attacker drove the car to Montreuil and remains at large.
-- European officials believe professional terrorists are
joining migrant voyages. One of the suicide bombers at the Stade de France was
carrying a fake Syrian passport and arrived among the refugees on the Greek
island of Leros on October 3.
-- U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials are
concerned the Paris attackers "went dark," i.e., used encrypted
communications to avoid surveillance.
-- This was the deadliest site, with at least 89 people
killed.
-- Three attackers with assault rifles arrived in a car,
entered the concert venue and opened fire.
-- A witness told Radio France that the attackers entered
firing pump rifles and shouting "Allahu akbar."
-- They took audience members hostage and regrouped them
in front of the stage, where most of the victims were found. The attackers
talked about Syria and Iraq during a brief address.
-- Police stormed the theater in a rescue operation. Two
of the attackers killed themselves by detonating suicide belts and one was
killed by police gunfire and his suicide belt.
-- Four people were killed outside the sports stadium in
Saint-Denis, a suburb north of Paris: three suicide bombers and a man who had
been walking by.
-- France was playing Germany in a soccer match at the
time.
-- President Francois Hollande was at the stadium and
among those who were evacuated following the attacks.
-- Fifteen people were killed as attackers opened fire at
an intersection where the restaurant Le Petit Cambodge and the bar Le Carillon
are located.
-- About seven minutes later, five people were killed in
another shooting outside Cafe Bonne Biere.
-- Around four minutes after that, attackers opened fire
with assault weapons on the restaurant La Belle Equipe. Nineteen people were
killed in that shooting.
-- Four minutes later, a suicide bomber blew himself up
at the cafe Comptoir Voltaire on Boulevard Voltaire. Only the attacker was
killed, but one person was critically wounded.
-- President Hollande declared a state of emergency
across France, which lets authorities limit people's movements and impose zones
of security and protection.
-- The French government announced tightened border
controls and put the gendarmerie paramilitary police on heightened alert.
-- Hollande ordered 1,500 military troops to join already
increased security forces.
-- Sources told CNN that Abdeslam was stopped and
questioned by French police shortly after the attacks. At the time, he was not
a suspect. He was let go.
-- The French Air Force carried out bombing missions over
Raqqa Sunday and Monday against strategic ISIS targets.
-- Prior to Friday's attacks, Iraq shared intelligence
that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had ordered an attack on countries
fighting against ISIS. There were no specifics about when or where the attack
would take place.
-- U.S. President Barack Obama pledged
solidarity with France, saying, "We've seen an outrageous attempt to
terrorize innocent civilians."
-- Pope Francis condemned the killings, saying they were
a part of the "piecemeal Third World War."
-- British Prime Minister David Cameron convened a
meeting of the emergency response committee.
-- Russian leader Vladimir Putin sent condolences to
Hollande and the people of France.
-- The Netherlands increased border security, especially
on roads to and from France.
-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel
"stands shoulder to shoulder to France in this common battle against
radical Islamic terrorism."
-- As the G20 summit began in Turkey on Sunday, its focus
turned to terrorism.
-- "We here at the G20 summit are sending a resolute
signal that we are stronger than any form of terrorism," German Chancellor
Angela Merkel said.
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