Paris Attacks ISIS Claims Responsibility "First of the Storm!"

ISIS Claims Responsibility for the Paris attacks: "First of the storm".

The Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for simultaneous attacks on six Paris locations late Friday night that killed at least 127 people. Assailants used automatic weapons and detonated suicide vests in the attacks, wounding roughly 200 more.



The terrorist group issued a statement Saturday, saying the attacks were in response to airstrikes against IS.



French President Francois Hollande on Saturday declared three days of national mourning following the attacks across the capital city. The French leader blamed the Islamic State group for the night of horror and called the attacks "an act of war."



Vowing to hunt down the attackers, Hollande said, "France will triumph over this barbarity." He called an emergency Cabinet meeting and mobilized France's security forces at the "highest levels."





People across France woke up Saturday to a nationwide state of emergency. Eight terrorists were killed, but it was not clear whether there might be more insurgents or accomplices lurking in Paris neighborhoods.



Hollande asked Paris residents to stay inside Saturday. Those who venture out are finding many stores closed and a ramped-up security presence, with 1,500 soldiers deployed to the French capital’s streets.



Hollande has called off his trip to Turkey for a G-20 meeting scheduled to begin Sunday.