Schools, museums, tourist sites closed in Paris after attacks

Schools, museums, tourist sites closed in Paris after attacks

Schools, museums, tourist sites closed in Paris after attacks

Schools, markets, museums and major tourist sites
in the Paris area were closed on Saturday and
sporting fixtures were cancelled following the
terror attacks on the French capital, local
authorities said.
“All city facilities are closed today,” Paris
City Hall said on its website (http://
www.paris.fr/actualites/fermeture-de-
tous-les-equipements-parisiens-3082).
The list comprised schools, museums,
libraries, sports halls, swimming pools,
tennis courts, food markets and district
town halls.
Only civil registration offices, to record
marriages, will be open, it said, adding
that security would be beefed up at town
halls
Separately, the French secretary of state
for sports issued instructions to sports
federations to cancel matches this
weekend.
Cancelled events include a European
Champions Cup rugby match between
Racing 92 and the Glasgow Warriors.
Irish rock band U2 also called off a Paris
concert planned for Saturday.
The Eiffel Tower was closed according to
a message on its website that did not say
how long it would remain shuttered.
Disneyland Paris, which is located on the
eastern rim of the Paris region, said it
would not open on Saturday “in light of
the recent tragic events in France and in
support of our community and the
victims of these horrendous attacks.”
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to all
of those affected by these horrible
events,” it said.
The closures came after simultaneous
attacks on restaurants and outside the
Stade de France stadium that left at least
128 dead and 180 injured, 80 of them
seriously, according to a toll from police
sources.