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Paris terror attacks

A courtroom sketch depicts defendant Salah Abdeslam gesturing in front of a special Paris court during his trial on June 10. Image: Benoit Peyrucq via AFP

Lone surviving attacker in Paris massacre guilty of murder, jailed for life

Islamic State extremist Salah Abdeslam was given the most severe sentence possible for his role in the deadly 2015 bombings and shootings that killed 130 people.

30 Jun 2022 - 8:37AM

Suspected Paris attack helpers on trial in Belgium over 2015 killing spree

20 Apr 2022 - 12:48AM

Paris attacks suspect cries as he apologises to victims, seeks forgiveness

16 Apr 2022 - 6:56AM

French surgeon tries to sell X-ray of 2015 Bataclan concert victim

Emmanuel Masmejean faces legal action after attempting to sell an image of an X-ray of a concertgoer who was shot during the 2015 attack on the Bataclan music hall in Paris.

24 Jan 2022 - 3:36AM

People walk past the Bataclan concert venue in Paris in 2021. Photo: Reuters

France moves to shut mosques in move against ‘radical’ Muslim groups

Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin said a third of the 89 places of worship ‘suspected of being radical’ had been checked since November 2020.

29 Sep 2021 - 7:01AM

Survivors of 2015 Paris attacks relive horror in trial testimony

The suicide bombing and gun assaults by three teams of jihadists in locations in Paris left 130 people dead and around 350 physically injured.

29 Sep 2021 - 1:45AM

Suspect in 2015 Paris attacks says deaths of 130 were ‘nothing personal’

Key defendant Salah Abdeslam tells court the coordinated killings were in retaliation for French air strikes on the Islamic State group.

16 Sep 2021 - 2:10AM

Salah Abdeslam, the prime suspect in the 2015 Paris attacks, is seen in a temporary courtroom set up at the Palais de Justice of Paris on Wednesday. Courtroom sketch: Benoit Peyrucq via AFP

France opens trial over 2015 Paris attacks

The attacks killed 130 people in multiple places across the French capital, but Salah Abdeslam is believed to be the only surviving member of the group.

9 Sep 2021 - 12:00AM

France reviews terror threat after police employee killed in suspected jihadist attack

Stephanie M, a police administrative assistant and mother of two teenage girls, was stabbed twice in the throat at the entrance of the police station on Friday.

25 Apr 2021 - 12:41PMvideocam

French police protest after fireworks attack on station

Dozens of people attacked a police station outside Paris with blasts of fireworks and damaged several police cars.

13 Oct 2020 - 1:12PM

People use fireworks to stage an attack on a police station in Paris. Photo: Reuters

Swiss voters approve tighter gun laws, falling in line with the EU

Measures will require regular training, special waivers to own some semi-automatic weapons and a serial number tracking system.

20 May 2019 - 7:44AM

Guns are presented during the 45th International Arms Collector's Fair Lucerne, in Lucerne, Switzerland. Photo: EPA-EFE

Letters | Terrorism in the internet age: the world’s in the line of fire

The need for extreme vigilance in the face of internet-enabled terrorism, which sees the entire globe as its battlefield, cannot be understated.

11 May 2019 - 8:30AMvideocam

Banksy work stolen from Paris terror attack venue

Image of sad-faced girl on Bataclan emergency door was cut out and taken away.

27 Jan 2019 - 4:57AM

France angry at Trump’s ‘boom boom’ gun speech

6 May 2018 - 11:03PM

US President Donald Trump sparked anger in France when he said a 2015 Paris assault might have been prevented if citizens were allowed to buy arms. He mimicked the assailants shooting their weapons. Photo: Twitter

Paris attacks suspect given 20 years for Brussels shoot-out

Prosecutors linked Salah Abdeslam’s DNA to the flat where the shooting took place, but not to the weapons used

23 Apr 2018 - 9:26PM

The scene of the shoot-out in Brussels in March 2016. Photo: AFP

‘I place my faith in Allah’: Paris suspect Salah Abdeslam on trial

5 Feb 2018 - 10:10PM

How crime and Islamic State intersected for Paris terror cell survivor

5 Feb 2018 - 12:51PM

Kosher store fire on anniversary of attacks sparks anti-Semitism fears

9 Jan 2018 - 9:29PM

French police patrol outside the kosher market in Creteil, south of Paris, after a fire broke out on the anniversary of the 2015 terrorist attacks. Photo: AP

Controversial French film on 2015 Paris attacks postponed

29 Dec 2017 - 6:35PM

IS attacks in France, Belgium may have been part of single plot

14 Nov 2017 - 8:50AM

France remembers victims two years after Paris attacks killed 130

13 Nov 2017 - 10:29PM

French President Emmanuel Macron, his wife Brigitte Macron, and former French president Francois Hollande. Photo: EPA

Two years after the Paris attacks, France ends state of emergency

1 Nov 2017 - 7:55PM

French police patrol in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Photo: EPA

EU pledges millions to guard cities against terrorist attacks

18 Oct 2017 - 10:29PM

Is 24/7 news coverage helping the cause of extremists?

24 Aug 2017 - 7:17PM

Update | Paris police shoot hammer attacker at Notre Dame cathedral

7 Jun 2017 - 10:01AMvideocam

Tourists huddle inside famed cathedral during dramatic incident in heart of French capital

France on edge as presidential vote looms

22 Apr 2017 - 11:26PMvideocam

Policemen bearing flowers stand during a rally organized by the “Angry Policemen's Wife” (FFOC) in support of French policemen, near the esplanade of the Champs de Mars. Photo: AFP

Paris shooting: gunman served 15 years for attempted police murders

22 Apr 2017 - 11:52AMvideocam

Deadly shooting shuts down the Champs Elysees in Paris

21 Apr 2017 - 11:32AM

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Paris terror attacks

On November 13, 2015, the worst attack on French soil since the second world war resulted in the deaths of at least 129 people in Paris. Islamic State jihadists said they were behind the gun and suicide attacks at a sold-out concert hall, restaurants and bars, and outside France's national stadium.

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9 September, 2024