ISIL claims Paris attacks that killed 128, Hollande says it is war

French President Francois Hollande also blames ISIL for the Nov 13 attack and calls the coordinated assault, which claimed at least 128 lives, an "act of war"Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadists claimed Nov. 14 a series of coordinated attacks by suicide bombers and gunmen in Paris that killed at least 128 people at a concert hall, restaurants and the national sports stadium.

French President Francois Hollande also blamed ISIL and called the coordinated assault late on Nov. 13 at six different sites an "act of war."

At least eight militants, all wearing suicide vests, brought unprecedented violence to the streets of the French capital in the worst attacks in Europe since the 2004 Madrid train bombings.

In the bloodiest part of a night of violence, four men armed with AK47s and shouting "Allahu akbar" stormed into a rock concert at the Bataclan concert hall in eastern Paris, gunning down at least 82 people and taking dozens hostage.     

"They didn't stop firing. There was blood everywhere, corpses everywhere. Everyone was trying to flee," said Pierre Janaszak, a radio presenter who was at the concert by US rock band Eagles of Death Metal.

The gunmen were heard raging at Hollande and his decision in September to begin air strikes on ISIL jihadists in Syria.

"I clearly heard them say 'It's the fault of Hollande, it's the fault of your president, he should not have intervened in Syria'," Janaszak added.

French officials have spoken frequently of their fears that hundreds of French citizens thought to be fighting with ISIL in Syria and Iraq would return to France and launch attacks.

France has taken part in U.S.-led air strikes on ISIL targets in Iraq for over a year and in...