120 killed in Paris terrorist attacks; emergency declared in France — VIDEO

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French fire brigade members aid an injured individual near the Bataclan concert hall following fatal shootings in Paris, France, November 13, 2015. (Christian Hartmann/Reuters)

A general view of the scene that shows the covered bodies outside a restaurant following a shooting incident in Paris, Nov. 13, 2015. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)

A general view of the scene that shows rescue services personnel working near the covered bodies outside a restaurant following a shooting incident in Paris, Nov. 13, 2015. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)

A general view of the scene that shows rescue services near the covered bodies outside a restaurant following a shooting incident in Paris, Nov. 13, 2015. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)

French riot police secure the area near the Bataclan concert hall following a fatal shooting at a restaurant in Paris, Nov. 13, 2015. (Christian Hartmann/Reuters)

French fire brigade members secure the area near the Bataclan concert hall following fatal shootings in Paris, Nov.r 13, 2015. (Christian Hartmann/Reuters)

A general view of the scene that shows rescue services personnel working near the covered bodies outside a restaurant following a shooting incident in Paris, Nov. 13, 2015. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)

Police control crowds leaving the Stade de France where explosions were reported to have detonated outside the stadium during the France vs German friendly match near Paris, Nov. 13, 2015. (Gonazlo Fuentes/Reuters)

French fire brigade members aid an injured individual near the Bataclan concert hall following fatal shootings in Paris, Nov. 13, 2015. (Christian Hartmann/Reuters)

Crowds leave the Stade de France where explosions were reported to have detonated outside the stadium during the France vs German friendly match near Paris, Nov. 13, 2015. (Gonazlo Fuentes/Reuters)

General view of the scene with rescue service personnel working near covered bodies outside a restaurant following shooting incidents in Paris, Nov.r 13, 2015. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)

French special forces evacuate people, including an injured man holding his head, as people gather near the Bataclan concert hall following fatal shootings in Paris, France, November 13, 2015. (Christian Hartmann/Reuters)

An aerial view shows the Stade de France stadium in Paris, France in this June 15, 2005 file picture. (Reuters)

PARIS — Gunmen and bombers attacked restaurants, a concert hall and a sports stadium at locations across Paris on Friday, killing at least 120 people in a deadly rampage that a shaken President Francois Hollande called an unprecedented terrorist attack.

A Paris city hall official said four gunmen systematically slaughtered at least 87 young people attending a rock concert at the Bataclan music hall. Anti-terrorist commandos eventually launched an assault on the building. The gunmen detonated explosive belts and dozens of shocked survivors were rescued.

At least 40 more people were killed in five other attacks in the Paris region, the city hall official said, including an apparent double suicide bombing outside the national stadium, where Hollande and the German foreign minister were watching a friendly soccer international.

The coordinated assault came as France, a founder member of the U.S.-led coalition waging air strikes against Islamic State fighters in Syria and Iraq, was on high alert for terrorist attacks ahead of a global climate conference due to open later this month.

Paris Public Prosecutor Francois Molins said the death toll was at least 120. Five gunmen had been “neutralized.”

“The terrorists, the murderers raked several cafe terraces with machine-gun fire before entering (the concert hall). There were many victims in terrible, atrocious conditions in several places,” police prefect Michel Cadot told reporters.

After being whisked from the soccer stadium near the blasts, Hollande declared a nationwide state of emergency — the first since the end of World War II — and announced the closure of France’s borders to stop perpetrators escaping.

The Paris metro railway was closed and schools, universities and municipal buildings were ordered to stay shut on Saturday. However some rail and air services are expected to run.

“This is a horror,” the visibly shaken president said in a midnight television address to the nation before chairing an emergency cabinet meeting.

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