Paris on Friday (Nov. 13) suffered a series of at least six nearly simultaneous attacks, attributed by president François Hollande to the ISIL terror group, which left at least 128 people dead and around 300 wounded.

The attacks shook the city during a normal, busy Friday night. They included a mass shooting at a concert hall, several shootings at bars and restaurants, and several bomb detonations, including more than one near France’s national stadium, where a soccer match between the French and German national teams was in progress. Eight assailants died, most via suicide after reportedly detonating explosive belts they were wearing.



 

 ISIL claimed responsibility for the attacks in an apparent statement released on social media in Arabic and French. The statement, which has not yet been independently verified, called Paris “the capital of prostitution and obscenity,” and said that France’s actions in Syria were a factor in the decision to target the country.