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France and England Will Play on Tuesday, And More Updates On Paris Attacks

Here's what we know about the Paris attacks.

On Saturday morning, the English Football Federation announced that England and France will play their scheduled friendly on Tuesday at Wembley Stadium. Originally, reports said the game was likely to be postponed following a series of terrorist attacks on Friday night in Paris and St. Denis that killed at least 128 people, with at least 99 more in critical condition. The English FA said they spoke early on Saturday morning with the Fédération Française de Football (FFF), who expressed a desire to play despite the nation being in a three-day period of mourning

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"First and foremost we passed on our deepest condolences to those involved in these truly awful incidents," the English FA said in a statement. "The thoughts of everyone at The FA, our manager Roy Hodgson, his players and our supporters are with the French nation. During the conversation the Fédération Française de Football (FFF) made it clear that they still wish to play against us on Tuesday night at Wembley Stadium. In solidarity with the FFF we fully respect and support this decision for the fixture to go ahead. Furthermore, we have liaised extensively with, and taken advice from Government and the relevant authorities, who are also in support of the decision to fulfill the fixture."

The attacks appear to have begun with two explosions at Stade de France in the northern Paris suburb of St. Denis during the international friendly between France and Germany and quickly moved to the city proper with a shootout in a busy street that hit at least three restaurants and a bar. The most deadly attack came at the Bataclan nightclub during an Eagles of Death Metal show. There were four attackers reported at the Bataclan and three died by suicide bombing. The fourth was killed by police when they stormed the venue about an hour into the attack.

The explosions at Stade de France were also carried out by three additional suicide bombers, killing upwards of 40 people. The blasts came just hours after the German national team was forced to evacuate their Paris hotel due to a bomb threat.

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The explosions outside the stadium occurred early in the match, and while the game did continue, fans were not permitted to leave when it concluded because the situation in Paris had escalated. When they finally were permitted to leave, fans began singing "La Marseillaise," the French national anthem, which is embedded above.

Much of the city remains in lockdown, however, and President Hollande declared three days of national mourning.

I'm appalled by the shocking scenes in Paris at the moment. My thoughts are with all the victims and innocent people suffering right now.
— Thierry Henry (@ThierryHenry) November 13, 2015

The German national team stayed in the stadium last night before flying to Frankfurt Saturday morning and have already cancelled a flight to Hannover for a Tuesday match against the Netherlands. Most of the sporting events in France this weekend have been postponed.

UEFA matches this weekend will be preceded by a moment of silence and players will wear black armbands.

Update (4:14 pm): It was reported earlier that the German team stayed in the stadium overnight rather than return to their hotel, but it now sounds like they had some company from the French national team. Reinhard Rauball, the German FA president, pointed out an "outstanding gesture of camaraderie" on the part of the French players, who also slept inside Stade de France in solidarity with the German team.

Both sets of players spent much of the night on mattresses in the stadium after Germany were advised not to return to their team hotel following the terrorist attacks across Paris. "The French said that they were staying as long as Germany had to stay," said Rauball.

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