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Sarah Karacs

Laura Ma

People around the world staggered at the atrocities committed in Paris on Friday that killed 129 and injured more than 300.
In the wake of the most violent attack on France since World War II, the first passengers from Paris to land in Hong Kong on were still reeling from grief and shock.
IN PICTURES: How Hong Kong and the world mourned for Paris
“I was eating a burger with my colleague in a little French restaurant near the hotel [in the first district] when my husband called me to check if I was OK,” said Vanessa Dulaine, as she arrived at Hong Kong for business.
A New Yorker whose father is French, she was in Paris on holiday and draw parallels of Friday’s series of terror attacks to her memory of 9/11, when the World Trade twin towers crumbled.

“Seeing it on the news there was the same intensity. Everyone couldn’t take their eyes off the TV,” she said.
“I love Paris, and of course I’ll go back to Paris,” said Dulaine, who was born in France.
READ MORE: Mourners in Paris ignore warnings, gather at sites where victims fell
“I’m from New York, being from that city, you never want to see any city go through something like this.”
Dulaine described her Saturday walking along the Seine and visiting the eerily quiet grounds of the Louvre. She had resolved to go out despite the city being shock.

In Hong Kong, a book of condolences will be opened at the French consulate in Admiralty Monday morning. A vigil for the victims is scheduled for 6.30pm  at Tamar. 
Other passengers arriving at the Hong Kong International Airport from Paris echoed similar feelings of grief and shock.
READ MORE: Tears, anger and solidarity: Hong Kong's French community reacts to Paris terror attacks
“I don’t feel angry, just really sad,” said Lei Xing, a Beijinger who moved to Paris with her husband in 2006.

Lei said she was at her Paris suburb home, watching TV when she heard the news.
“Paris was like a dead city on Saturday,” she added.
Many of Paris’s top sights, including the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower were left empty as they remained closed on Saturday.

In a rare move, Disneyland announced it would be closed to on Saturday “in support of our community and victims of these horrendous attacks.”
They announced the break as a move of sympathy, not security.
Watch: World sings, lights up in solidarity with France after deadly Paris attacks

Ma Neula Colberun praised the French government’s quick and organised response to deploy police units. She expressed feeling anxious since the January attacks on Charlie Hebdo.
If you don't want to stay here, then go
MA NEULA COLBERUN
Islamic extremists attacked the satirical newspaper for running cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad.
“I was at home when I found out, reading a book. My sister called me from the Netherlands and asked if I was OK,” said Colberun, adding that her home is close to the city centre, not far from where the attacks took place.
“It’s almost like we’re used to this,” she says. “It wasn't that big a surprise. We know what France is doing in Syria and that we will be getting responses like this.”

The Islamic State declared France a “top target” as long at is continues policies and attacks against IS.
French President Hollande has called the attacks an “act of war” organised by the Islamic State with help inside France.
“Paris is our home,” says Colberun.
“To the people doing this I'd like to ask them why. You don't have to kill people to be free. If you don't want to stay here, then go."
Watch: More than 100 people killed in Paris 'terror' attacks



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'It was like 9/11': Travellers arriving in Hong Kong from Paris tell of horror at attacks

Participants hug together during a minute of silence during a vigil honoring the victims of the Paris attacks at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park in Hong Kong. Photo: Edward Wong

Hundreds of French nationals and locals gathered in Hong Kong's Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park to hold a candle lit vigil for the victims of the French terror attacks. Photo: AFP

A candlelight vigil was held last night at the Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong. Photo: AP

People stood on the Bund to view The Oriental Pearl TV Tower (C), in Shanghai's Pudong lit in red, white and blue, to resemble the colours of the French flag as China expressed their solidarity with France. Photo: AFP

The entrance of the Louvre is seen deserted after the museum was closed in Paris on Saturday. Photo: Reuters

 Photo: AFP

People comfort each other the Monument a la Republique, in the Place de la Republique in Paris two days after a series of deadly attacks. Photo: AFP

One World Trade Center's spire is shown lit in French flags colors of white, blue and red in solidarity with France after Friday night's terror attacks in Paris. Photo: Xinhua

One World Trade Center's spire is shown lit in French flags colors of white, blue and red in solidarity with France after Friday night's terror attacks in Paris. Photo: EPA

Multinational crowd gathers, lights candles and sings for France in Hong Kong's Tamar Park

Several hundred people gathered from 6:30pm, observing a planned minute's silence at 7pm to commemorate the victims murdered in Paris. Photo: Dickson Lee

French Consul General Eric Berti at the Tamar Park vigil for the victims of the Paris attacks on November 14, 2015. Photo: AFP

French Consul General Eric Berti at the Tamar Park vigil for the victims of the Paris attacks. Image: Aerrera/Instagram

A spontaneous vigil was held on Saturday night in Tseung Wan in the wake of the attacks.

French Consul General of Hong Kong Eric Berti (left) gestures to Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying who had just signed the condolences book at the French Consulate in Hong Kong on November 16, 2015. Photo: AFP

Participants hold candles during a vigil at the Tamar Park on Saturday. Photo: Edward Wong

More than 1,000 people from the French community and locals gather to lay candles. Photo: Dickson Lee

Candles were handed out through the crowd. Photo: Dickson Lee

'An act of war': French President Hollande vows to strike back at Islamic State for terror attacks in Paris that killed at least 127

A forensic scientist inspects outside of the Cafe Bonne Biere on Rue du Faubourg du Temple in Paris following a series of coordinated attacks in and around Paris late Friday. photo: AFP

Forensic scientists and police inspect the Cafe Bonne Biere. According to witnesses, at least 5 people were killed in the immediate area by attackers wielding automatic rifles. Photo: AFP

Gunmen had held concert goers at the Bataclan concert hall hostage, killing almost 100 people inside. At the same time, bombings were carried out in at least five other locations in the city. Photo: AP

Rescuers evacuate people following an attack in Paris. Photo: AFP

French Red Cross rescue workers evacuate an injured person near the Bataclan concert hall in central Paris after a series of attacks in the French capital. Photo: AFP

French Red Cross rescue workers evacuate an injured person near the Bataclan concert hall in central Paris, on November 13, 2015. At least 39 people were killed in an "unprecedented" series of bombings and shootings across Paris and at the Stade de France stadium on November 13. AFP PHOTO / DOMINIQUE FAGET

French President Francois Hollande (centre) addresses reporters near the Bataclan concert hall in central Paris. Photo: AFP

A person is being evacuated from the Bataclan theater after a shooting in Paris, Friday Nov. 13, 2015. French President Francois Hollande declared a state of emergency and announced that he was closing the country's borders. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Soldiers and police officers secure the area near La Belle Equipe, rue de Charonne, at the site of an attack on Paris on November 14, 2015 after a series of gun attacks occurred across Paris as well as explosions outside the national stadium where France was hosting Germany. More than 100 people were killed in a mass hostage-taking at a Paris concert hall and many more were feared dead in a series of bombings and shootings, as France declared a national state of emergency. AFP PHOTO / PIERRE CONSTANT

TOPSHOTS Forensic experts inspect the site of an attack outside the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, early on November 14, 2015, after a series of gun attacks occurred across Paris as well as explosions outside the national stadium where France was hosting Germany. A number of people were killed and others injured in a series of gun attacks across Paris, as well as explosions outside the national stadium where France was hosting Germany. AFP PHOTO / FRANCK FIFE

Forensic police search for evidences outside the La Belle Equipe cafe, rue de Charonne, at the site of an attack in Paris. Photo: AFP

People hug on the street near the Bataclan concert hall following fatal attacks in Paris, France. Photo: Reuters

Wounded people are evacuated outside the scene of a hostage situation at the Bataclan theatre in Paris. Photo: EPA

Outside the Bataclan theater in Paris. Photo: AP

People are evacuated by bus outside the scene of an attack at the Bataclan theatre in Paris, France. Photo: EPA

Mourners in Hong Kong hold candles during a vigil held for the victims of the Paris attacks. Photo: EPA

Hong Kong’s tears, solidarity for Paris: French community in shock, candle-lit vigil planned 

Mourners in Hong Kong hold candles during a vigil held for the victims of the 13 November Paris attacks. Photo: EPA

A mourner in Hong Kong holds a sign featuring Eiffel Tower in the form of a peace symbol, during a vigil for the victims of the Paris attacks. Photo: Reuters

A mourner in Hong Kong holds a French flag during a vigil held for the victims of the Paris attacks. Photo: EPA

People lay flowers in a location near the Bataclan concert venue in Paris, France. French President Hollande said at least 127 people were killed across the 6 Paris locations struck by the terror attacks. Photo: EPA

Mourners at Hong Kong's Sun Yat Sen park held a vigil for victims of the Paris attack. Photo: EPA

Paris in shock after terror attacks: City lines up to donate blood and pay tribute as major attractions closed

A man pays his respect outside the Le Carillon restaurant the morning after a series of deadly attacks in Paris. Photo: Reuters

Bullet impacts are seen in the window of the Le Carillon restaurant the morning after a series of deadly attacks in Paris. Photo: Reuters

The Eiffel Tower's website did not specify how long it would remain closed. Photo: AFP

People lay flowers at the Cambodian restaurant on Rue Alibert the morning after an attack which killed 12 people at the restaurant. Photo: AFP

People queue to donate blood at a blood bank in Paris. France was in a nationwide state of emergency after a night of horror in Paris when gunmen sprayed restaurants with bullets, massacred scores of concert-goers and launched suicide attacks near the national stadium, killing at least 127 people. Photo: AFP

The area around the Louvre Pyramid at the Louvre museum in Paris stands largely deserted following a series of coordinated attacks in and around Paris late Friday. Photo: AFP

World stands behind France: mourners condemn the terror attacks in Paris with vigils and landmark buildings lit to resemble French flag

A woman weeps at a vigil held by the local French community in Sydney. At least 127 people were killed in a series of attacks in Paris on Friday night, according to French officials. Eight assailants were killed, seven when they detonated their explosive belts, and one when he was shot by officers, police said. Photo: AFP

(From top to bottom, L to R ) : London’s National Gallery, London Eye ferris wheel, Toronto's CN Tower, Shanghai’s Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Berlin’s Brandenburg gate, Taiwan's Taipei 101, Sydney's Opera House, Mexico’s Angel de la Independencia monument, San Francisco City Hall. Photo: Reuters

The Sydney Opera House was illuminated in the French national colours last night in tribute for the victims of the Paris attacks, in Sydney, Australia. Photo: EPA

Colors that resemble the French national flag are seen on top of the tower of One World Trade Center in New York. Photo: Xinhua

Participants observe a minute of silence with French Consul General Eric Berti, holding a peace sign featuring Eiffel Tower, during a vigil honoring the victims of the Paris attacks, in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

A young girl places a message on the railings of the French Embassy in Madrid, Spain. Photo: AP

The London Eye lit up in the colours of the French flag as a sign of solidarity with France after the terror attacks in Paris. Photo: EPA

The Christ the Redeemer statue is illuminated in France national colours in tribute to the victims of Paris terror attacks, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo: EPA

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In the wake of the most violent attack on France since World War II, the first passengers from Paris to land in Hong Kong on were still reeling from grief and shock.

IN PICTURES: How Hong Kong and the world mourned for Paris