Leeds residents come together to pay tribute to Paris attack
"Terrorists will not divide us"
A minute's silence has been held across Europe and here in Leeds to honour the 129 people killed in the Paris terror attacks.
French president Francois Hollande stood in a crowd of students as schools and businesses across the country paused.
Flags across Leeds are being flown at half-mast as a mark of respect.
Around 200 people attended a candlelit vigil at Leeds Town Hall organised by local group Meet the Frenchies. They lit candles and lay flowers before singing the French national anthem.
“I needed to be here,” said Vivienne, a Leeds business owner who moved here from Paris several years ago.
Henriette is a French Muslim woman who has lived in Bradford for eight years: “I am French, and it’s about sticking with your people when something wrong is happening.
“Now more than ever we have to show that terrorists cannot divide us, cannot divide our society.
“We have to show that we are all the same. It does not matter that I am wearing a veil and you are not, because we all long for liberty, fraternity and equality. This is something that shall unite us.”
“I’m a Muslim. I come from a so-called ethnic minority. But at the end of the day, all you can do is try and support people in their time of need. There’s going to be people trying to capitalise on it for their own agenda.
“But there will also be people who will use this as an opportunity to meet new friends as well and look at life in a different way.”
Speaking at the G20 summit in Turkey David Cameron said they have been discussing how to end the conflict in Syria.
He also admitted seven smaller-scale attacks on Britain have been foiled in the past year.