Terror in ParisUpdated toll : 129 dead, 352 injured – 99 in critical condition

• President Francois Hollande declared three days of national mourning, beginning Monday. France will observe a moment of silence on Monday at noon.
• Hollande said the Friday’s terrorist attack constitute “acts of war” against France.
• Manuel Valls, France’s prime minister, said: “Oui, nous sommes en guerre… Et nous gagnerons cette guerre” (“Yes, we are at war… and we will this war”).
• François Molins, France’s state prosecutor, said that “three coordinated teams” of terrorists were behind the attacks in Paris last evening.
• French authorities say that the initial investigation by French law enforcement authorities has determined that there were seven attackers, equipped with AK-47s and wearing suicide explosive vests.
• The most update toll of the attack: 129 dead and 352 injured – about 99 of which in critical condition.
• At least one of the attackers was a French citizen: He was born on 21 November 1985 in the suburb of Courcouronnes, about twenty miles south of Paris. He had been known to police since 2004 and was flagged as an extremist in 2010.
• One gunman was found with a Syrian passport in his pocket, born in 1980. He had not previously been known to French police. This terrorist arrived in Greece with a group of sixty-nine Syrian refugees, and was allowed into France on 3 October. It is not known whether the terrorist is Syria, since Syrian identity documents are being bought and sold on the black market.
• One of the cars used in the Paris attacks was registered to a French citizen, who was stopped at the French-Belgian border when he tried to cross into Belgium with two other people. The three were living in Belgium and were not known to French authorities as associated with extremism.
• The Belgian authorities say that “several” Belgian citizens were arrested last night – most of them from the Molenbeek neighborhood in Brussels. The three Belgians who were arrested as they tried to cross from France into Belgium are all from Molenbeek.
• The timeline of the attacks:

o   21:20 — The first explosion was at D gate at the Stade de France. Two bodies found near the gate: one with an explosive belt with batteries, the second victim a passerby. The terrorist who blew himself up had a ticket for the friendly France-Germany game, but security personnel at the gate became suspicious of him and did not allow him to enter the stadium. He moved away from the gate and blew himself up.

o   21:30 – An explosion near H gate at the Stade de France, another gunman’s body was found with a suicide vest.

o   21:32 — Diners at a bar were attacked by gunmen who arrived in a Seat car — 15 people were killed and 10 were injured.

o   21:36 — In the 11th arrondissement, there was another shootout in front of a bar, leaving five are dead and eight injured. Some 100 bullets were found. The attacker arrived in a black Seat.

o   21:40 – Gunmen enter the Bataclan concert hall during a performance and begin shooting at the audience.

o   21:53 – Another suicide bomber explodes his explosive vest near the Stade de France

o   00:20 – French security forces storm the Bataclan concert hall

• Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old junior at Cal State Long Beach, was among those killed in Friday’s attacks, according to university officials.
• The Eiffel Tower has been closed to visitors, and will remain closed indefinitely.