November 13, 2015

Paris Terrorist Attack

By Veronica Johnson
Summary of Attack:
On Friday the 13th in 2015, bombers and gunmen attacked a
concert hall, a large stadium, restaurants, and bars all almost
at the same time. In the end of the terrorist attack, 130 people
were dead and hundreds more were wounded.

The attacks went in this order:

21:20 Explosion at the Stade de France

21:25 Shootings on Rue Alibert
21:32 Diners shot in Rue de la Fontaine au Roi
21:36 Gun attack in Rue de Charonne
21:40 Suicide bomb at Boulevard Voltaire
Who Committed
the Attack?
President Francois Hollande described that the
terrorist attack was led by the Islamic State (IS)
militant group.

The leader was identified to be Oussama Atar. At

age 32, he conducted the terrorist attack from
Syria.

One leader is suspected to be

Abdelhamid Abaaoud. He was killed a couple days
later due to a police raid in Paris.

Also, after running away, Salah Abdeslam was

arrested as a suspect. His fingerprints were
located on the explosives, and is suspected to be
the driver for those that bombed the buildings.
Motivation for the Attack:
There are multiple hypotheses to why ISIS attacked Paris.
After they confessed to doing the attack, the question
was why? Here are the possible reasons:

ISIS is all about a war of civilization where France

respects civilization. Therefore, Paris was a
target.

ISIS was mad at those who immigrated to France for

a better life and how they left their culture
behind.

They explained that Paris is "the capital of

prostitution and vice" and other nations follow
their path. Therefore, they were a definite target.

One gunman shouted, "This is because of all the

harm done by Hollande to Muslims all over the
Results of the
Attack:
130 people dead

Hundreds wounded

Around 80 were in critical condition

France resulted in fear on if they

had strong enough protection.

Afterward, they planned to

tighten border control for
better safety.

France made immigration

Response to the Attack:
In response to the attack, France fought back by sending
fighter jets to bomb ISIS sites in Raqqa, Syria on November
15-16, 2015.

On November 23, 2015, the first airstrikes aircraft carrier is

launched to attack ISIS. France totaled 38 bombing raids
toward ISIS.

While all this took place, President Hollande got lawmakers

to approve to have a 3 month long emergency state for the
nation.

On November 8, 2016, the identified leader of the terrorist

attack is announced to be Oussama Atar.

Overall, this terrorist attack made France come to the

conclusion that they need a stronger border control and
have a better involved police force to provide safety for the
citizens of their country.
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