Cameron to chair crisis talks after ‘sickening’ Paris attacks: statement
By AFP
14 November 2015 |
9:33 am
British Prime Minister David Cameron said he would convene the government's emergency committee early Saturday after the "sickening" terror attacks in Paristhat left more than 120 people dead.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said he would convene the government’s emergency committee early Saturday after the “sickening” terror attacks in Paristhat left more than 120 people dead.
“I will be chairing a meeting of COBRA this morning following the horrifying and sickening terror attacks in Paris,” Cameron said on Twitter.
France was placed on a nationwide state of emergency after the gun and bomb attacks late Friday, which targeted restaurants, a concert hall and crowds near the national sports stadium.
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