Showing posts with label terrorism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label terrorism. Show all posts

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Vigils around the world: Landmarks from Wembley Stadium to Burj Khalifa lit with French Tricolore in a show of solidarity as thousands gather to remember the victims

  • Thousands of people gather in cities around the world to remember the victims of the horrific Paris attacks
  • World landmarks lit up from Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the London Eye to as far as Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue
  • The familiar colours of the French Tricolore was projected on to Wembley stadium in London and other venues 

By TOM WYKE FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 21:08 GMT, 15 November 2015 | UPDATED: 02:12 GMT, 16 November 2015

To Paris, with Love

To Paris, with Love: Vigils held around the globe as the world's iconic buildings are lit up in the colours of the French tricolour to show solidarity in wake of Paris attacks

  • Some of best-known landmarks from Shanghai to New York to San Francisco were lit up in blues, whites, and reds
  • Hundreds of people painted their faces in colours of the French tricolour and held 'Pray for Paris' signs in London
  • Even the fountains in London's Trafalgar Square were lit up, while hundreds of people gathered for an evening vigil
  • Tributes come after at least 129 innocent people were killed in Paris in barbaric terror attacks in several locations

By KATIE LOUISE DAVIES and EMMA GLANFIELD FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 16:39 GMT, 14 November 2015 | UPDATED: 08:49 GMT, 15 November 2015

Saturday, November 14, 2015

President Obama calls Paris massacres an attack against 'all of humanity' as leaders around the world pledge to work with France and bring those responsible to justice

  • President Barack Obama condemned the series of deadly attacks across Paris Friday as an 'attack on all of humanity'
  • He promised to do all he could to work with France and bring those responsible to justice
  • Secretary of State John Kerry said that the US Embassy in Paris is doing everything they can to assure the safety of Americans 
  • President Xi Jinping of China said on Saturday that they would work closely to help France 
  • 'I am shocked by events in Paris tonight. Our thoughts and prayers are with the French people. We will do whatever we can to help,'said David Cameron
  • Iran's Hassan Rouhani branded the Paris attacks 'crimes against humanity' 
  • In the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan sent a telegram to President Hollande offering his condolences 

PUBLISHED: 23:11 GMT, 13 November 2015 | UPDATED: 06:14 GMT, 14 November 2015

Monday, July 20, 2015

ISIS barbarians lured 115 people to their deaths with promise of cheap ice in sweltering conditions... before detonating a truck packed with explosives

  • Terrorist drove lorry laden with ice into a market in Khan Bani Saad, Iraq
  • He encouraged locals to gather around, offering discounts for Eid al-Fitr
  • But beneath the thin layer of ice were three tonnes of deadly explosives
  • Killer driver waited until truck was surrounded before blowing himself up
  • 115 people were killed and scores injured as the blast left a massive crater
PUBLISHED: 10:40 GMT, 20 July 2015 | UPDATED: 10:45 GMT, 20 July 2015

Saturday, January 10, 2015

Paris goes dark for Charlie Hebdo

Paris goes dark for Charlie Hebdo: Eiffel Tower's lights are turned off as vigils are held around globe for 12 victims slaughtered by fanatics 

  • The famous French landmark plunged into darkness for five minutes at 8pm this evening in a sombre tribute
  • Meanwhile thousands of people gathered for a second night of vigils at Republique Square in Paris tonight 
  • French President Francois Hollande led the moving tribute to the 12 people murdered in yesterday's terror attack 
  • The bell of Notre-Dame cathedral tolled as thousands gathered in the rain to remember the Charlie Hebdo victims
  • Fellow journalists held their press cards aloft outside the magazine's Paris office during the minute's silence