The flags of France and the European Union fly at half staff in response to attacks in Paris, outside of the French consulate in the Manhattan borough of New York November 14, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris's Place de la Republique, the square that back in January filled with people protesting against the Charlie Hebdo killings, was all but deserted on Saturday after an evening of more shocking carnage nearby.
The shooting and bombing spree late on Friday that claimed 127 lives and left 183 wounded cast a pall over the French capital as the full extent of its vulnerability to militant violence slowly sank in for its millions of residents.
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