French President François Hollande calls attacks 'act of war' by ISIS, group later claims responsibility

French President François Hollande
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French President François Hollande called the six terrorist attacks that killed at least 127 people across Paris an "act of war" Saturday morning, The Wall Street Journal reports.

"It is an act of war that was waged by a terrorist army, a jihadist army, by Daesh, against France," he said, referring to the Islamic State by its Arabic name. "This act of war was prepared and planned from the outside, with accomplices inside."

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.