KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak expressed his outrage today on the latest bombings and shootings in Paris by armed attackers that have killed at least 140 people.
The prime minister who is currently on an official working visit to Turkey took to his Twitter account and voiced solidarity for the people of France.
“Msia condemns the outrageous attacks in Paris today on innocent civilians. Our thoughts & prayers r w/ the ppl of France,” he tweeted under his personal account @NajibRazak, tagging French President Francois Hollande too @fhollande.
“I am shocked with what happened in Paris but we must remain united and undeterred in the war against terrorism,” he added.
France declared a national state of emergency after more than 100 people were killed in a mass hostage-taking at a Paris concert hall yesterday, with many more feared dead in a wave of assault across the European city.
International reports cited the local police saying around 100 people were killed at the Bataclan music venue in eastern Paris alone when armed attackers picking out the rock concert goers one by one before police stormed the building.
A witness was reported saying an attacker had earlier shouted out “Allahu akbar” (“God is greatest”) and fired into the crowd at the concert given by US rock band Eagles of Death Metal.
The French capital that is still recovering from jihadist attacks in January. The Bataclan lies just 200 metres from the former offices of the Charlie Hebdo magazine which was one of the targets of those attacks, French news agency AFP reported.
In addition to the carnage at the concert hall, at least five people were also killed in three explosions near the Stade de France national stadium in the north of the capital where France were playing Germany in an international football match and which was attended by Hollande, security sources said.
Hollande declared a state of emergency across the entire country and cancelled his trip to the G20 summit due to take place in Turkey at the weekend.
