World leaders join Paris march to honour attack victims

Paris

IN a show of overwhelming solidarity and support, world leaders from Europe and beyond joined hundreds of thousands of marchers in Paris to pay tribute to victims of last week's terror attacks in France that killed 17 people.

President Francois Hollande and leaders from Germany, Italy, Israel, Turkey, Britain and the Palestinian territories, among others, moved off from the central Place de la Republique ahead of a sea of French and other flags. Giant letters attached to a statue in the square spelt out the word Pourquoi?" (Why?) and small groups sang the "La Marseillaise" national anthem.