Terror attacks in Paris : 140 killed
Reports said gunmen shot dead nearly 100 people attending a rock concert at the Bataclan music hall. Anti-terrorist commandos went for an operation, killed gunmen and rescued dozens of survivors.
Some 40 other people were killed in separate attacks, including a suicide bombing outside the national stadium where President Hollande and the German Foreign Minister were watching a friendly soccer international.
Media reports quoted Paris Public Prosecutor Francois Molins as saying that five assailants had been "neutralised".
The attacks came after France waged air strikes against Islamic State fighters in Syria and Iraq.
President Hollande declared a nationwide state of emergency - the first in decades - and announced the closure of France's borders .
The Paris metro railway was closed and schools, universities and municipal buildings were ordered to stay shut on Saturday.
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