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Under #PeaceForParis, millions of people around the world have expressed their solidarity on social media with the victims of the attacks in Paris Friday night. World leaders including Obama and Cameron have also used Twitter to show their solidarity.
Visitors were evacuated from the Louvre, Paris, on Friday morning, after an unidentified man tried to gain access to the Louvre Shopping Center by rushing at four soldiers, who attempted to subdue the man with non-lethal force, before one of the soldiers shot the suspect in the abdomen, leaving the suspect seriously wounded. Armed police officers, police cars and ambulances surrounded the famous museum after the incident. A Louvre spokesperson has said the museum is closed for the moment. The police reported that the suspect shouted "Allah Akbar" before he was shot by a soldier on guard at the museum. French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said that the incident was "clearly" an "attack of a terrorist nature."
A man allegedly armed with a knife and a bomb belt was shot dead when attempting to attack a Paris police station. Details of the attack, two months after the terrorist attacks in the French capital, continue to emerge.
Brussels remains on highest terror alert levels. To ensure the security of citizens, the Belgian government decided to close schools, universities, shops and metros but on Monday to great frustration and confusion for some.
The terror attacks in Paris have moved everyone in the world. The alleged mastermind behind the attacks Abdelhamid Abaaoud has been suspected to be killed. But who is he?