Paris attacks: death toll hits 128, Francois Hollande calls it ‘act of war’ from ISIS

As Paris and the rest of France awoke today, the death toll from Friday’s devastating string of coordinated terror attacks rose to 128, with 200 others in the hospital. French President Francois Hollande has called the attacks an “act of war” and blamed the Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL, for them.

The largest of the attacks was at The Bataclan, a concert venue where the American group Eagles of Death Metal were performing. There, gunmen killed at least 112 people, the French interior ministry said, reports CNN. (Update: This number has been revised to at least 80 people killed.) The venue has seating for 1,500 people.

Forty people died in other attacks around the city. According to the New York Times, 18 people were killed at one restaurant and 14 people were killed at another. Six other people were killed on streets between the restaurants.

There were also two suicide attacks outside France’s main sports stadium, Stade de France, where the French and German soccer teams were playing. Hollande was in attendance and was quickly evacuated.

There were eight attackers, all of whom are dead. Their identities remain unknown.

On Saturday morning, Hollande called the attacks an “act of war that was committed by a terrorist army, Daech a jihadist army against France, against the values ​​that we defend throughout the world, against what we are: a free country that speaks to the whole planet.” (Daech is another term for ISIS.)

Hollande said that the attacks were “prepared, organized, planned from outside, and with internal complicities that the investigation will establish.” France will be in a state of national mourning for the next three days and Hollande is planning to address Parliament in a joint session on Monday.

According to the SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks extremist activity online, ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attacks on Twitter. The NY Times reports that ISIS’ statement said that France will stay on the “top of the list of targets of the Islamic State.” ISIS also called the attacks the “first of the storm.”

France had already been on edge after the attacks on the Charlie Hebdo offices on January and Friday’s attacks show how far ISIS has expanded its scope. The attacks also came after a Russian jet crashed in the Sinai Peninsula, an attack ISIS has also claimed responsibility for.

Just after the attacks, German Chancellor Angela Merkel made it clear that France’s neighbor will stand by its side.

“We will do everything to help in the hunt for the perpetrators and instigators, and to carry out the fight together against these terrorists,” Merkel said, reports The Local.de. She said that she has called a special meeting of her ministers to discuss the attacks, which she said were “aimed against us all.”

“Once again we've seen an outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians,” U.S. President Barack Obama said at the White House Friday. “This is an attack not just on Paris, it's an attack not just on the people of France, but this is an attack on all of humanity and the universal values that we share.”