PARIS — A series of multiple terrorist attacks unfolded in Paris on Friday (Nov 13) night. It started with media reports of shootings in a restaurant and an explosion near the stadium where the France-Germany football match was going on. 

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Here are the chain of events as reported, in reverse chronological order:

1:56am Nov 16 - Crowds were earlier seen fleeing from memorial for ‪‎‬at Place de la Republique in Paris where police enter with drawn guns but all clear has been given. According to Associated Press, an official from the emergency services said some members of the public believed they had heard gunfire, however they had no confirmation of any shooting

9:58pm, Nov 15 -   Two of the attackers involved in the wave of shooting in Paris on Friday came from Brussels, says Belgian public broadcaster RTBF. It's unclear whether they are the same gunmen who are Frenchmen living in Brussels as previously reported by AP.

9:20pm, Nov 15 - A Belgian official says seven people have been detained in Belgium linked to the Paris attacks, AP reports. The official, who spoke to The Associated Press in Brussels by phone, said two of the seven attackers who died in Paris on Friday night were French men living in Brussels, one of them in the neighborhood of St. Jans Molenbeek.

8:45pm, Nov 15 - Luxembourg, holder of the EU presidency, has called for an emergency meeting of justice ministers on Friday (Nov 20) at France's request to discuss the European response to the attacks in Paris.

8:41pm, Nov 15 - At least  23 foreigners have been killed. The toll is expected to rise with several hundred also hurt, dozens seriously, say French officials.

7:16pm, Nov 15 - The AFP has reported that up to 30 bodies of Paris victims have yet to be identified. 103 bodies had been identified. 

6:45pm, Nov 15 -  One German citizen was killed in Friday's attacks in Paris, according to Germany's ministry. Its statement didn't mention how or where the German man was killed, nor did it identify him.

6:40pm, Nov 15 - Several AK47 rifles of the sort used during the attacks in Paris were found in a car abandoned in an eastern suburb of the capital, a judicial source said to AFP today.

6:35pm, Nov 15 - Britain Home Secretary Theresa May says measures are already in place to have the military assist police in the UK in the event of a large-scale urban attack.  

6:33pm, Nov 15 - The holder of a Syrian passport found near the body of one of the gunmen who died during the attacks in Paris passed through Serbia last month where he sought asylum, the Serbian Interior Ministry said.

3:56pm, Nov 15 - Six family members of named Paris attacker have been arrested, according to AFP.

3:40pm, Nov 15 - Several tributes to the victims in the attacks have been left outside the French Embassy in Singapore.

3.30pm, Nov 15 - The first American confirmed dead ‬was a 23-year-old university student studying design in France.

11.30am, Nov 15 - Mexico's government says two of its citizens were among the people killed in Paris. 

6.40am, Nov 15 - One of the suicide bombers in the attack at the Paris concert hall has been identified as Ismael Omar Mostefai, Le Monde reported, citing member of parliament and Chartres Mayor Jean-Pierre Gorges and another unidentified person.

Investigators found a piece of finger severed by the explosion, which led them to identify Mostefai, the report said. Mostefai, born Nov 21, 1985, lived in a Paris suburb and was known to police, according to Le Monde. He probably spent a few months in Syria during 2013 and 2014, the report said. (via Bloomberg)

The Foreign Ministry has not said where the women were killed in Friday night's attacks across the French capital. It also hasn't released the women's identities, but says one had dual Mexican-US citizenship and the other held Mexican-Spanish citizenship. 

6.07am, Nov 15 - French Police have taken into custody the father and brother of a French gunman linked to a string of deadly Paris attacks and were searching the family's home, reports AFP.

Sources close to a probe into the France's worst ever terror attacks told AFP that police took the two into custody and were searching the father's home in the small town of Romilly-sur-Seine, some 130km east of Paris, as well as his brother's in nearby Bondoufle.

5.25am, Nov 15 - French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is vowing to ``destroy'' those behind the rampage across Paris that killed at least 129 people and wounded hundreds of others. 

Mr Valls declared "we are at war, and because we are at war we are taking exceptional measures".

Valls added: "We will strike this enemy to destroy him. In France and in Europe, we'll chase the authors of this act, and also in Syria and Iraq. We will win this war." 
 
5am, Nov 15 - A terrorism-themed movie called "Made in France'" that was to hit screens in France on Nov 18 has been postponed. 

Producers did not say if the film has been postponed indefinitely. The movie, directed by Nicolas Boukhrief, tells the story of a journalist who infiltrates a jihadi cell in the Paris suburbs that plans attacks on the French capital. 

3.40am, Nov 15 -  An employee at Greece's Ministry of Citizen Protection says Greek police have sent the fingerprints of the owner of the Syrian passport found at one of the attacks in Paris to French police.

Police are trying to see if they match those of the assailant whose body was found nearby - or any other person known to police.  The agency said the person who owned the passport came into the European Union through the Greek island of Leros on Oct 3.

The same source, who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because she was not authorised to comment on an investigation, discounted reports in Greek media that a second passport was found at the scene.

2.35am, Nov 15 - Paris prosecutor Francois Molins says one of the hostage takers involved in a deadly siege at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris was born in France. He also says a French national was among three people linked to the Paris attacks arrested at the Belgian border. 

Mr Molins said a different suicide attacker identified by a Syrian passport found near his body at the national stadium was not known to French intelligence services. He said all seven suicide attackers wore identical explosives vests. 

1.56am, Nov 15 - Several people were arrested in Brussels during police raids connected to the attacks in Paris, Belgian Justice Minister Koen Geens said.

Mr Geens said on RTBF television that these arrests "can be seen in connection with a grey Polo car rented in Belgium" found near the concert hall in the French capital where scores of people were killed.

12.25am, Nov 15 - A Syrian passport found by police at the scene of the mass shooting in a Paris concert hall belonged to an asylum seeker who registered on a Greek island in October, a Greek minister said.

"We confirm that the Syrian passport holder came through the Greek island of Leros on October 3 where he was registered under EU rules," said a statement issued by Nikos Toskas, the minister for citizen protection.

It has not been confirmed that the passport belonged to one of the attackers, but French police are investigating. 

11.56pm - Police are raiding a Brussels neighbourhood in connection with Paris attacks, according to Belgian media.

10.30pm - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Singapore embassy in Paris have contacted the majority of registered Singaporeans in Paris to check on their safety following the terrorist attacks. There are no reports of Singaporeans directed affected by the attacks so far.

10pm - A French national is believed to be among four men who stormed a Paris concert hall overnight, police and a source close to the investigation said. 

Investigators said found the body of a French national who was known to intelligence services and indicated he was likely one of four men who attacked the Bataclan concert hall.

They did not give details of his identity or his background. 

9.30pm - The Eiffel Tower will be closed "until further notice", the iconic landmark's operator said.  Ms Isabelle Esnous, a spokeswoman for the Eiffel Tower, said the monument did not open as a security precaution. 

A Louvre spokeswoman said the museum opened as normal today with enhanced security, but was ordered closed by the Culture Ministry after President Francois Hollande called for national day of mourning.

9.28pm - The France-England friendly match scheduled for Tuesday will go ahead, according to the French football federation. 

"After talks with the English FA who assured us there was no particular risk in holding the match, we decided to go ahead," a federation spokesman told AFP. "If British authorities came to re-evaluate the situation, obviously the question of holding the match or not would be addressed."

9pm - A Syrian passport was found near the body of one of the assailants involved in a wave of deadly attacks on Paris, police said.

Police did not say where exactly the passport was found, although they indicated a possible Syrian connection was a working hypothesis for investigators.

8.28pm - France will hold a minute's silence on Monday for the victims of a wave of deadly attacks on Paris, the office of Prime Minister Manuel Valls said. 

The observance will take place at midday (1100 GMT, 7pm Singapore time), and flags will be lowered to half mast, it said. 

Police continue to cordon off the Bataclan concert venue where more than 80 died.

6.55pm - The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the Paris Attacks ‬ in an official statement.

It says "eight brothers wearing explosive belts and carrying assault rifles" conducted a "blessed attack on... Crusader France".

6pm - French President Francois Hollande blamed the Islamic State group for the attacks in Paris that left at least 128 dead, calling them an "act of war".

The multiple attacks across the city late Friday were "an act of war... committed by a terrorist army, the Islamic State, against France, against... what we are, a free country," Mr Hollande said.

Three days of national mourning has been declared.

5.17pm - An updated provisional toll from Paris attacks put the number of dead at 128 while another 99 were in critical condition, according a source at the prosecutor's office.

1.30pm - Singapore Airlines reports flights to and from Paris operating normally, but warns to expect delays due to enhanced security checks. 

12.35pm - A US Justice Dept official says all members of Eagles of Death Metal, the California-based band that was to perform at the Paris venue where one attack occurred, are safe and have been accounted for.

12.33pm - The Paris prosecutor's office says that eight attackers are dead after a string of attacks around the French capital, seven of them in suicide bombings. The eighth attacker was killed by security forces when they raided a concert hall where the assailants had taken hostages. The prosecutor's office said it's possible that there are terrorists still at large, and that at least 120 people were killed in the attacks overall.

12.18pm - Those who survived an attack on a Paris concert venue physically unscathed have been bused to a special crisis center for psychological support. Some walked in dazed, their shoulders draped with emergency blankets. Dozens of emergency workers and Red Cross workers in orange vests gathered in front of the building, the headquarters of Paris' 11th arrondissement, or district. A few police officers in bullet-proof vests stood nearby. After meeting with counselors, some survivors were put in taxis to head home.

Map of where attacks took place (via AFP)

12.12pm - The Philippines vowed "higher security" for world leaders at an economic summit in Manila next week.

11.39am - AFP reports a total of eight militants were killed, including seven by their suicide belts, during Friday's attacks in Paris that left at least 120 dead. Four of the attackers were killed in the Bataclan concert hall, three by activating their suicide vests and one shot by police. Three more died near the national stadium and a fourth was killed in a street in eastern Paris.

10.20am - Minister for Home Affairs / Law K Shanmugam reports Singapore alert level raised.

9.25am - Paris prosecutor says 5 attackers may be dead in attacks across city.

9.20am - Gunmen who stormed a Paris concert hall killing several people and taking hostages have been killed, French President Francois Hollande said, adding that France would be ruthless against those who carried out the attacks.
"The terrorists who were not far from here were killed," Hollande said on television after visiting a security command centre near the Bataclan concert hall where the gunmen held  people hostage before an assault by security forces.

9.15am - Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues statement, strongly condemning the attacks. 

9.10am - Dr Vivian Balakrishnan reports no known Singaporean casulties.

9.00am - PM Lee issues statement, calling it " an attack on our shared humanity".

9.00am - The French president has formally declared the state of emergency on all mainland territory and Corsica during a Cabinet meeting urgently summoned at the Elysee palace. 

Management for the American rock band Eagles of Death Metal, scheduled to perform last night at a Paris venue where at least 100 people were killed, say they are "trying to determine the safety and whereabouts'' of the band and its crew.

8.25am - A French police official says top government officials including President Francois Hollande were headed to the Bataclan concert hall where hostages were taken. Another official said at least 100 people died inside the hall. A police assault on the venue finished early this morning, leaving at least two attackers dead, officials said. 

France's foreign ministry said airports in the country would remain open and flights and rail services would continue despite co-ordinated attacks across Paris.

8.10am - One official described "carnage" inside the building, saying the attackers had tossed explosives at the hostages. Officials said they expected the toll of victims to rise.

Attacker in Paris concert hall shouted "Allahu akbar", fired into crowd, witness says.

7.55am - French BTM TV reports police operation at Bataclan concert venue over, two attackers killed. Reuters.

7.50am - A series of explosions and gunshots were heard around the Paris Bataclan concert hall where hostages were being held on Friday, two Reuters witness at the scene said. French President Francois Hollande said earlier that an assault was underway after a spate of attacks across the French capital. Reuters witnesses heard five successive explosions followed by gunshots.

7.35am - Explosions heard at Bataclan Music Hall where hostages held. Police assault under way, says French president.

7.25am - Automatic gunfire heard from outside Paris concert hall where attackers holding hostage. Some Paris Metro lines closed.

7.05am - President Barack Obama is calling the attacks on Paris "outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians'' and is vowing to do whatever it takes to help bring the perpetrators to justice. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Obama said he would not speculate about who was responsible. He called the attacks a "heartbreaking situation'' and an "attack on all of humanity''.

7.00am - French president declares state of emergency for all of France. Borders closed.

6.45am - Europe1 Radio reports another shooting at Central Les Halles Shopping Mall in Paris

6.35am - It is unclear whether there was a link in any of the violence to terrorism but French media reported that Kalashnikov rifles were involved in the shootings - a favored weapon of militants who have attacked targets in France - and that many rounds were fired. The shootings occurred near the former headquarters of Charlie Hebdo, the satirical newspaper where shootings in January traumatized France. The explosion that occurred during a France-Germany soccer match  forced the hasty evacuation of President Franois Hollande.

6.20am - People are being held hostage at the Bataclan concert hall in central Paris after several shots were fired, French news channel BFM TV reported.

Shooting at the Bataclan began one hour into the concert of a California rock group called Eagles of Death Metal, BFM TV said, adding that one or two people came in and began shooting in the air.

A Paris police official said there were at least 100 hostages in a Paris theater following shooting and explosions at two cites in the city. 

Multiple officials, including one medical official, put the number of dead at between 35 to 40 people.

6.15am - French media are reporting at least 30 people died in the violence around Paris. An Associated Press report said French police claim Friday's shootings and explosions to be the deadliest violence France has seen in decades.

According to the Associated Press, one of the police officials said 11 people were killed in a Paris restaurant in the 10th arrondissement and about 15 killed in the Bataclan theater, where a hostage-taking is under way.

US Homeland Security Department officials monitoring the attacks in Paris say there is no known, credible threat against the United States.

6.00am - BFM TV reports there is a hostage situation at the Paris Bataclan Concert Place.

5.45am - Police officials in France say there has been a shootout in a Paris restaurant and an explosion in a bar near a Paris stadium.

BFM television says there were several dead in the restaurant shooting in the 10th arrondissement of the capital. Two police officials confirmed the shooting but had no information about casualties.

Also two explosions were heard outside the Stade de France stadium north of Paris during a France-Germany friendly football match. It was unclear if the events were linked.

A police official confirmed one explosion in a bar near the stadium. It is unclear whether there are casualties.

An Associated Press reporter in the stadium last night heard two explosions loud enough to penetrate the sounds of cheering fans. Sirens were immediately heard, and a helicopter was circling overhead.