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13 Nov, 2015

Stade de France evacuated

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Multiple explosions are heard near the Stade de France, where President Hollande is watching international friendly football match between France and Germany. Hollande is evacuated from the building. Following the game, fans are moved onto the pitch to await evacuation.

26 Jun, 2015

France beheading, explosion

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One person is beheaded and at least 12 injured in an explosion in what officials say was a terrorist attack at a gas factory in a small town in southeastern France. An Islamic State flag is found at the site of the attack. President Hollande:

The terrorist nature of this act are without doubt. There is no doubt that the intention was to provoke an attack, an explosion.

7 Jan, 2015

12 dead, 8 injured

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Three masked gunmen kill 12 people, including the editor, and injure eight in an alleged terrorist attack on the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine. The search for the gunmen continues. One gunman, according to French video:

Hey! We avenged the Prophet Muhammed! We killed Charlie Hebdo.

French President Francois Hollande:

[This is] a terrorist attack without a doubt

25 Sep, 2014

Confirms French national executed

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Hollande confirms that French national Herve Gourdel has been killed by Algeria-based ISIS-linked group Jund al-Khilafah (Soldiers of the Caliphate) in a videotaped beheading. He says at the UN headquarters in New York that the killing won’t prompt France to abandon military action against ISIS, and that it will continue to fight terrorism:

The perpetrators of this odious crime must be punished