Five Updates on the Terrorist Attack in Paris

As you know, Paris suffered a horrible terrorist attack on Friday. Three teams of terrorists from ISIS killed 129 people in six different locations, all within a few minutes, at a soccer stadium, four restaurants, and a rock concert.

The "New York Times" has a timeline that breaks it down.

Here are five updates:

1.  It's hard to retaliate against a terrorist group like ISIS, because they're decentralized, but that won't stop France from trying.  ISIS is known for having several sites in Raqqa, Syria, and yesterday, France bombed all of them.

ISIS issued a report saying they had evacuated all of the sites because they expected retaliation for Friday's attack.  But a command center, recruitment center, ammunition storage base, and training camp were all destroyed with no civilian casualties. -CNN

2.  French authorities believe eight terrorists carried out the attacks.  Six of them blew themselves up, one was killed in a shootout, and one is still at large.

He's been identified as 26-year-old Abdeslam Salah, and there's a worldwide manhunt for him.  He was born in Brussels, Belgium.  He has a brother who died carrying out the attacks, and another who was arrested in Belgium for helping plan them. -The Week

3.  After the attacks, Facebook activated its "Safety Check" tool, where people in Paris could check in to let their friends and family know they were safe.  Afterward, people started asking why Facebook hasn't used Safety Check for other terrorist attacks.

Mark Zuckerberg responded, saying, quote, "Until yesterday, our policy was only to activate Safety Check for natural disasters.  We just changed this."  -CNN Money

4.  Naturally, people in Paris are still very much on edge.  There was a panic yesterday night when some fireworks went off in a plaza and people thought they were gunshots.  Everyone started running away and screaming, and fortunately no one was hurt in the chaos. -ABC News

5.  It's pretty much guaranteed after a major tragedy someone's going to say something stupid,. and a Democrat named Dan Kimmel running for the Minnesota state House of Representatives obliged. On Saturday he tweeted, quote, "ISIS isn't necessarily evil.  It is made up of people doing what they think is best for their community.  Violence is not the answer though."

After a major backlash, he ended his campaign yesterday. -Minneapolis Star Tribune