November 2015 Paris attacks
series of terrorist attacks in Paris, France, Europe, on November 13, 2015
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Summary
November 2015 Paris attacks is a coordinated terrorist attack[1]. It draws 35,221 Wikipedia views per month (coordinated terrorist attack category, ranking #3 of 11).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Paris[3], Saint-Denis[4]
- Country: France[5]
- Instance of: mass shooting[6], suicide bombing[7], deliberate murder[8], hostage taking[9], massacre[10], murder–suicide[11]
- Location: Bataclan[12], Stade de France[13], rue Bichat[14], rue de la Fontaine-au-Roi[15], La Belle Équipe[16], boulevard Voltaire[17], Le Petit Cambodge[18]
- Part of: terrorism in France[19], Islamic terrorism in Europe[20]
- Commons category: November 2015 Paris attacks[21]
- Located in time zone: Central European Time[22]
- Armament: AKM[23], hand grenade[24], explosive belt[25]
- Target: civilian[26]
- Point in time: November 13, 2015[27]
- Participant: Islamic State[28], Abdelhamid Abaaoud[29], Guillaume Barreau-Decherf[30], Christophe Lellouche[31]
- Has cause: Islamic extremism[32], foreign involvement in the Syrian civil war[33]
- Topic's main category: Category:November 2015 Paris attacks[34]
- Number of deaths: 137[35]
- Number of injured: 413[36]
- Topic has template: Template:November 2015 Paris attacks[37]
- Immediate cause of: Reactions to the November 2015 Paris attacks[38]
- Has effect: 2015 Saint-Denis raid[39]
- Number of perpetrators: 9[40]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of November 2015 Paris attacks[41]
Why It Matters
November 2015 Paris attacks has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]