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Survivors of the Paris attacks seeking shelter and people worried about friends or families all took to social media overnight following a wave of attacks in the French capital that killed 128.
Using the hashtag #RechercheParis, many posted poignant appeals on Twitter to find loved ones who had been close to the bloodshed which hit six locations including at the Stade de France national stadium and a rock concert at Bataclan theatre.
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“If anyone has news of Lola, aged 17, at Bataclan this evening, contact us,” read one post, while another expressed concern for a friend Thibault, who was also at the concert.
"He’s not getting back to me: help me”, it read.
Others who managed to track down their loved ones tweeted their gratitude: ”Thanks to all for your RT (retweets), Alice Q is alive!”
France’s interior ministry also set up an official platform asking for any information “that may be useful to advance the investigation, identify the victims and warn of new acts”.
It said police would “quickly contact” users looking for missing people.
Other Twitter feeds remained ominously silent after announcing the start of the concert at the Bataclan concert hall, where at least 82 people were later killed by gunmen wielding AK47s.

Eight attackers struck numerous locations around the capital, leaving at least 120 people dead on Friday night, the bloodiest such incident in Europe for more than a decade.
Thousands of Parisians used the hashtag #PorteOuverte (open door) to offer places to stay for people left stranded -- particularly in areas that had been attacked -- as police ramped up security measures, cordoning off the areas that were hit and partially suspending public transport.
The hashtag was re-posted 480,000 times as the hours passed with the city on lock down, making it the second-most used keyword on Twitter in France after #fusillade (shooting) which was used 700,000 times.
If you are in Paris and have a place to stay, let us know so we can retweet it #PorteOuverte
— #PorteOuverte (@PorteOuverteFRA) November 14, 2015
Dozens of addresses and phone numbers for apartments were being tweeted on the handle, and it was retweeting offers of accommodation from other individuals.
A post from @LaraPlowright, written in mixed English and French, read: "Anyone stuck around gare du nord area, si besoin (if needed) #porteouverte quartier Gare du Nord, peut loger 2-3 personnes (can accommodate 2-3 people)."
Anyone stuck around gare du nord area, si besoin #porteOuverte quartier Gare du Nord, peut loger 2-3 personnes
— Lara Plowright (@LaraPlowright) November 14, 2015
Other posts on the tag said taxis were offering free transport for anyone in need a lift to shelter.
Still, some people found the process confusing amid the chaos.

"I’m not using the tag at the moment, but people are stuck in various areas and cannot leave, I hear," said Alessandra Gargiulio, who was waiting for her landlord’s permission to open up her apartment for the night.
Facebook launched a “Paris Terror Attacks” check-in feature to let people signal whether they were out of harm’s way, then notify their connections on the social networking site.
“Quickly find and connect with friends in the area,” a message from the Facebook Safety Check service read. “Mark them safe if you know they’re OK.”
The feature also allowed people to check which friends listed as being in Paris had not yet checked in as safe.
Gargiulio, 24, lives in the 24th arrondissement on the other side of the city from the attacks, but said she could see and hear helicopters and sirens from her apartment. She spoke to Reuters via Facebook messenger.
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"We’re super scared here, it’s hell, but we’ll use the tag and it’s worth trying everything," said Maria Vittoria Zanetti, 23, who had just become aware of the tag. Zanetti, also contacted over Facebook, is stuck at a friend’s apartment in the 2nd arrondissement.
Both Gargiulio and Zanetti, 23, have used the Facebook Safety Check to let friends know they are safe.
“We are shocked and saddened by the events unfolding in Paris,” a Facebook spokesman told AFP.
“Communication is critical in these moments both for people there and for their friends and families anxious for news.”
Others set up an emergency website “porteouverte.eu” to help people find temporary shelter. 
 


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