|
|
| French President Francois Hollande (3rd R), German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd R) and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (1st R) take part in a march in Paris, France, Jan. 11, 2015. A massive march commenced Sunday afternoon in Paris with the participation of French President Francois Hollande and leaders from dozens of foreign countries. More than a million French would walk in the streets of Paris in honor of the 17 victims killed during the three days deadly terrorist attack. (Xinhua/Han Bing) |
PARIS, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- A massive march commenced Sunday afternoon in Paris with the participation of French President Francois Hollande and leaders from dozens of foreign countries, according to Xinhua journalists at Square of the Republique.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, European Parliament President Martin Schulz and European Council President Donald Tusk are among the foreign leaders.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, along with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, are also in the march to support France.
More than a million French would walk in the streets of Paris Sunday in honor of the 17 victims killed during the three days deadly terrorist attack. Some 770,000 French across the country already took to the street Saturday to honor the victims and denounce terrorism and extremist.
Related:
People rally in Vienna to commemorate victims of gun attacks in France
VIENNA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Some 12,000 people on Sunday gathered in Vienna to commemorate victims of the gun attacks in France in the past week.
The ceremony, held at Ballhausplatz in the capital city of Austria, was joined by Austrian federal government and religious communities. Full Story
Spotlight: Slew of terror attacks in France trigger fear
BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Many countries are on high alert after a slew of terror attacks in the past days, which started with a deadly assault on a French satirical magazine that used to be targeted for its controversial depictions of the Prophet Mohammad.
Over 700,000 French citizens went out for rallies Saturday across the country to voice their indignation toward the perpetrators of a three-day heart-wrenching bloodshed that claimed 17 lives in three separate attacks at the headquarters of Charlie Hebdo, at a kosher supermarket and on police. Full Story
