Us president donald trump has outraged french opinion through suggesting the 2015 assaults on paris could have been stopped via giving humans guns.
He mimicked gunmen summoning and shooting sufferers one at a time, announcing "growth! Come over here!" and the usage of his hand to imitate a gun being fired.
In reality, the attackers sprayed lots of their one hundred thirty sufferers with semi-automatic hearth and spark off bomb belts.
The french overseas ministry known as for the victims' memory to be respected.
"france expresses its firm disapproval of the remarks via president trump about the assaults of thirteen november 2015 in paris and asks for the reminiscence of the victims to be respected," the overseas ministry said.
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François hollande, who turned into french president on the time of the attacks, said mr trump's feedback were "shameful". They "said loads approximately what he thinks of france and its values", he brought.
Manuel valls, who become france's high minister in 2015, tweeted: "indecent and incompetent. What extra can i say?"
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Within the equal speech to the national rifle affiliation (nra) in dallas, texas, the united states president criticised the level of knife crime in london, comparing one of the town's hospitals to a "conflict zone".
A senior london health care professional, prof karim brohi, hit again through pronouncing it turned into "ridiculous" to indicate weapons ought to assist combat knife violence.
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What did trump say exactly?
"paris, france, has the toughest gun legal guidelines within the global..." he instructed the nra.
"nobody has guns in paris, nobody, and we all bear in mind greater than 130 humans, plus first rate numbers of human beings that were horribly, horribly wounded. Did you note that no person ever talks approximately them?
"they were brutally killed by using a small organization of terrorists that had weapons. They took their time and gunned them down one at a time. Boom! Come over right here. Growth! Come over here. Growth!
"but if one employee or simply one consumer had a gun, or if simply one person on this room have been there with a gun, aimed at the other direction, the terrorists could have fled or been shot."
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What came about on thirteen november 2015?
In an assault claimed by the islamic nation organization, jihadists rampaged across the french capital, to begin with firing on cafe-goers.
Victims of the paris attacks
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Some of the sufferers of the paris assaults
In the deadliest attack, they shot rock lovers within the bataclan live performance hall, killing 89 people.
Attackers either died at the scene or had been killed in a subsequent police raid. One suspect, salah abdeslam, survived and is now in prison in france.
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Has emmanuel macron reacted to trump?
There has been no instantaneous reaction from the french president who simplest recently had cordial talks with mr trump in washington.
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However, the french foreign ministry made clear its rejection of mr trump's allegations.
"every united states of america freely comes to a decision on its own legal guidelines on sporting firearms, as in different areas," it said. "france is proud to be a country where obtaining and carrying firearms is precisely regulated."
The mayor of paris, anne hidalgo, tweeted that president trump's depiction of the 2015 attacks become "scornful and unworthy".
