Amid New Wave of Terror, France Marks Anniversary of 2015 Paris Attacks

Amid New Wave of Terror, France Marks Anniversary of 2015 Paris Attacks
Saint-Denis Mayor Mathieu Hanotin (L), French Prime Minister Jean Castex (C) and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo (3rdR) pay tribute to victim of the 2015 Paris attacks outside the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis on Nov. 13, 2020. Christophe Archambault/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
Alexander Zhang
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France is commemorating the fifth anniversary of the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday, as the country is once again on the highest security alert against Islamic terrorism.

On the night of Nov. 13, 2015, three teams of suicide bombers and gunmen launched coordinated attacks on multiple targets in Paris, hitting bars, restaurants, the national stadium, and the Bataclan concert hall, leaving 130 people dead and hundreds more injured, in what became France’s deadliest ever peacetime attack.