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One year ago gunmen & suicide bombers killed 130 and injured 400 in Paris

EXCLUSIVE TEXT AND COVER PHOTO BY M. M. ALAM

PARIS: Last year on Friday 13th synchronized attacks were carried out at various spots here by gunmen and suicide bombers. Altogether they killed 130 people and critically injured 400. Incidentally, 20 wounded are still recovering in hospitals and 2000 others are receiving treatment for shock.

paris-attack-map-copyPARIS: In the synchronized attacks gunmen &  suicide bombers targeted various targets.french-president-copyPARIS: French President François Hollande and Mayor Anne Hidalgo snapped following unveiling a memorial plate here at Petit Cambodge Café & Carillon Café. apris-paris-copyPARIS: Heaps of flowers at Carillon Café, one of the spots where carnage took place.

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On Sunday (November 13) a number of events  afternoon innumerable balloons were released; at dusk blue, white and red paper lanterns covered the Canal Saint Martin; in the evening special Mass was held at Notre Dame Cathedral. One of the targets was BATACLAN Concert Hall. Three armed men emerged from a black Volkswagen and went inside the 150-year-old venue. They opened indiscriminate fire at 1500 music aficionados watching the performance of American group Eagles of Death Metal. Eighty-nine revelers lost lives while dozens received critical injuries. In this Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016 photo provided by Universal Music France, British musician Sting, center, performs on stage at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, France, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016. A concert by British pop legend Sting is marking the reopening of the Paris' Bataclan concert hall one year after suicidal jihadis turned it into a bloodbath and killed 90 revelers. (Boris Allin/Universal Music France via AP) MANDATORY CREDITPARIS (BATACLAN): Emotional concert by Sting marked the reopening of the Hall.People walk past the Bataclan Cafe and the new facade of the Bataclan concert hall almost one year after a series of attacks at several sites in Paris, France, November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Platiaubataclan-attackPARIS: BATACLAN after the massacre one year ago.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.