Three days of national mourning

A MINUTE'S silence will be observed at midday on Monday in memory of the 129 people killed in the Paris terror attacks, President Hollande has announced.

France has declared three days of national mourning following the series of co-ordinated attacks, which also left 352 people injured, 99 critically.

It is only the sixth time since 1958 that France has officially observed a period of mourning, during which time flags will be at half-mast. The last was on January 8 after the Charlie Hebdo massacre - and the previous one before then was after the September 11 attacks on America in 2001.

The Paris préfecture de police has a helpline for anyone seeking information on a missing person. From France it is 0800 40 60 05. From abroad, call +33 1 45 50 34 60. Paris hospitals also have a hotline: 01 40 27 40 27.

Thousands of people used social media to try to find out if their loved ones were safe, using Facebook and the Twitter hashtag #RechercheParis.

British PM David Cameron said the UK "must be prepared for a number of British casualties" and described the attackers as "brutal and callous murderers".

Psychiatric care is being provided at the mairies in the 10th and 11th arrondissements.

Maya-Anaïs Yataghène