French PM and mayor of Paris attend events held at the Bataclan and other sites attacked by gunmen and suicide bombers

France has marked five years to the day since terrorists carried out a series of coordinated terrorist attacks across Paris, killing 130 people.

The prime minister, Jean Castex, and the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, carried out a series of silent ceremonies at each of the sites where the gunmen and suicide bombers loyal to Islamic State struck on 13 November 2015.

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