Paris terror attacks: Prime Minister David Cameron warns of British casualties following terrorist attack
David Cameron has advised the UK to prepare for “a number” of British causalities following the series of attacks that took place in Paris last night.
During a speech today, the Prime Minister said: “The events in Paris are the worst acts of violence in France since the Second World War, the worst terrorist attack in Europe for a decade, a horrifying and sickening attack.”
He added that the terror threat to the UK was still “severe”, and that security measures would be tightened today by introducing more policing at ports and major events. He also advised Britons currently in Paris to stay indoors.
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The foreign office is looking into whether any British citizens were among the victims of the attacks, which have left at least 127 people dead and 180 injured.
Describing those responsible as “brutal and callous murderers”, Cameron told the French people: “Your values are our values, your pain is our pain, your fight is our fight.”
These were innocent victims enjoying a Friday night out with friends and family, no doubt at the end of a hard week. They were not seeking to harm anyone, they were simply going about their way of life – our way of life.
The remarks were make following a meeting of the government's emergency committee Cobra, which the Prime Minister called in order to come up with a response to last night's events.
Update: A number 10 spokesperson said that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office had handled around 400 calls overnight and has confirmed the safety of "many British citizens".
It said: "Our Embassy in Paris are working urgently with the French authorities to find out more and we have deployed additional consular staff and a team from the Metropolitan Police to assist them with this task.
"The Foreign and Commonwealth Office have updated their travel advice to suggest that people in Paris follow the advice of the French authorities and travel continues as usual."