Breaking news from yahoo.com:
(Reuters) — Gunmen and bombers attacked restaurants, a concert hall and a sports stadium at locations across Paris on Friday, killing at least 120 people in what a shaken President Francois Hollande called an unprecedented (=something that has never happened before) terrorist attack.
What we know:
• Islamic State group has claimed responsibility (=said that they did it) for a string of six attacks (=6 attacks one after the other) that began in Paris at 9.30pm last night. Police officials say Syrian passports were found on the bodies of two suicide bombers.
• German police say there are “clear links” between a man arrested in Germany this week, and last night’s attacks.
• 127 people are dead, 99 critically injured. Eight attackers are dead, seven having detonated their own suicide vests.
• U.S. State Department confirms Americans among the casualties (=those who died in the attcks). Sweden also has one citizen among the dead; Romania and Belgium count two each.
• French President François Hollande has declared three days of mourning (=grief, sadness because people died), and will address parliament on Monday. “Faced with war, the country must take appropriate action,” he said.
• French President François Hollande has declared three days of mourning (=grief, sadness because people died), and will address parliament on Monday. “Faced with war, the country must take appropriate action,” he said.
• Parisians are lining up (= a lot of people get together) to donate blood to assist the 99 who are still critically injured, and using the hashtag #rechercheparis (Paris Search) to assist those looking for missing loved ones.
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