Paris attacks - what we know

A summary of what we know to date about the series of attacks in Paris.

WHAT WE KNOW

* Three teams of gunmen and suicide bombers carried out the attacks

* 129 people dead, 352 wounded, 99 critical

* Six attackers blew themselves up, one shot by police and detonated his explosive vest; reports of eighth attacker not confirmed

* Australian woman Emma Parkinson shot in the hip, recovering after surgery

* Attackers thought to multinational team with links to the Middle East, Belgium and possibly Germany as well as home-grown French roots

* Police say attackers appeared to be "seasoned, at first sight, and well trained"

* Police have identified one gunman who blew himself up at the Bataclan concert hall as 29-year-old Paris native Omar Ismail Mostefai; he has never been linked to terrorism

* His father and 34-year-old brother have been taken into custody and their homes are being searched

* Three people have been arrested in Belgium after a Belgian hired car found near one attack site

* A man arrested in Germany's Bavaria state after guns and explosives found in his car may also be linked to attacks

* The holder of Syrian passport found near the body of one suicide bomber outside the soccer stadium passed though the Greek island of Leros in October with refugees, the Greek minister says

* Hollande declares state of emergency, sets three days of official mourning

* French flags fly at half-mast, cinemas, theatres and other places of entertainment closed

* Local sports events in Paris suspended, stores closed, rock band U2 cancels concert, and schools, universities and municipal buildings shut

* Border controls reimposed temporarily to stop perpetrators escaping or new attackers entering the country

* Global climate change summit in Paris at the end of the month to go ahead amid heightened security

* Armed police rushed to Pullman hotel near Eiffel Tower, evacuated the building, sealed off a wide perimeter and closed nearby metro stations, on a false alarm

* Slaughter claimed by Islamic State as revenge for French military action in Syria and Iraq

* Attacks fuel debate about how to handle influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees and other migrants propelled by civil war in Syria, Iraq and Libya

* Poland says attacks mean it cannot now take its share of migrants under the EU relocation plan

* Turkish president urges world leaders at G20 summit in Turkey to prioritise fight against terrorism; Hollande pulled out of the G20 summit

* Increased security at French missions abroad

* Britain, Germany, Italy, Russia, Belgium, Hungary and the Netherlands all tighten security measures

* British police say evacuation of London's Gatwick Airport on Saturday connected to discovery of possible firearm in a bin; 41-year-old man from France arrested.


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