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Wisma Putra: No Malaysians hurt in Paris attack
Published:  Nov 14, 2015 1:19 PM
Updated: 6:38 AM

No Malaysians have been reported among casualties in the deadly attack on Paris by gunmen and suicide bombers, late Saturday, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

At least 120 are dead in the multiple attacks, including at a stadium during a football match and a rock concert.

"The government of Malaysia strongly condemns the multiple attacks in Paris...

"These heineous attacks reaffirms the need for all of us, everyone, to stand firm against terrorism.

"In this hour of grief, Malaysia stands united with the families of the victims, the goverment of France and the French people," the ministry said in a statement.

A state of emergency has been declared in France - the first in decades.

Borders were also sealed in a bid to nab the assailants of this unprecedented attack.

Nearly 100 were killed at the Bataclan concert hall where Californian band Eagles of Death Metal was performing, while 40 others are dead in five other attacks in the capital city.

This includes an apparently double suicide bombing at the national stadium, the venue of a friendly football match between France and Germany.

French Prime Minister Francois Hollande and the German foreign minister were watching the match.

Paris Public Prosecutor Francois Molins said five assailants had been "neutralised".

Witnesses in the concert hall heard the gunmen shout Islamic slogans and slogans condemning France's role in Syria, Reuters reported.

"We know where these attacks come from," Hollande was quoted as saying, without naming any individual group.

"There are indeed good reasons to be afraid."

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