Reaction of social networks to Paris attacks

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 14, ARMENPRESS. The terror acts in Paris shook the whole world. Leaders of world countries, high ranking officials and hundreds of thousands concerned people expressed their sorrow and solidarity to Paris dwellers strictly condemning terrorism via social networks. “Armenpress” reports that #ParisAttacks hashtag on Twiitter has become the most widely use in the world. It is followed by #TodosSomosParis hashtag in Spanish which means “We are all Paris”.

People call to pray for Paris and peace to the whole world. “Remember, the main goal of therrorism is to terrorize and intimidate people. Do not allow them to win. Life must go on. Do not hide”, wrote a Twitter user.

A new program on Facebook launched at night informs all the users about their friends in Paris, whether they are safe.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, President of the USA Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Ternbule, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Finnish Prime Minister Yukha Sipilyan, Armenia's Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, Foreign Ministries of Kazakhstan and Bulgaria, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nyeton, Bolivian President Evo Morales, Peru's President OllantaHumala, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the Cooperation Council for the Arab States, Japan's defense ministry, Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong, the Chinese Foreign Ministry, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister of Spain, Italy and the presidents of Turkey, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Head of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, European Council President Donald Tusk and others expressed sorrow for France.

At least 153 people were killed in the Paris and Saint-Denis shootings and bombings in the evening of November 13. On a night when thousands of Paris residents and tourists were reveling and fans were enjoying a soccer match between France and world champion Germany, horror struck in an unprecedented manner. Terrorists-some with AK-47s, some reportedly with bombs strapped to them -- attacked sites throughout the French capital and at the stadium where the soccer match was underway. The worst carnage occurred at Bataclan, with at least 112 left dead. Francehasdeclareda state of emergencyand tightened national borders. Hollande called the size of the terror unprecedented.