Historical record Record 2015-006

2015 World Events · Annexation, territorial jihadism, and platform influence

Paris attacks

Coordinated gun and suicide-bomb attacks struck Paris venues including the Bataclan.

Evidence-led reading

What is stated, why it matters, and what remains uncertain

What this is

A specific-event record selected from the protected World Events source ledger for cross-year research. It is not an exhaustive account of 2015.

Why it matters

It changed European counterterrorism, border security, and ISIS external-operations focus.

What is established here

The page faithfully exposes the submitted record and its source boundary. No claim-level evidence packet has yet upgraded the record beyond a research starting point.

What remains uncertain

Starting-point source from the submitted dataset; verify exact dates, attribution, legal posture, casualty figures, and current status before reuse.

Record narrative

Source-bounded summary

Coordinated gun and suicide-bomb attacks struck Paris venues including the Bataclan.

Why the ledger includes it

It changed European counterterrorism, border security, and ISIS external-operations focus.

Structured fields

Record at a glance

Stable record ID
2015-006
Date or period
2015-11-13
Type
Terrorist attack
Focus
Terrorism
Impact scope
Global
Priority
5 of 5
Location label
Paris, France
Coordinate precision
City-level coordinate
Actors named by the source record
Islamic State; French civilians; security services
Verification state
source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification

Geographic context

A coordinate locator, not a surveyed event footprint

The submitted record supplies 48.8566, 2.3522 with the precision label “City-level coordinate.” Multi-location events, disputed borders, campaigns, and broad regions cannot be reduced to one point.

Review location and coordinate boundaries
Global coordinate grid for Paris attacks An abstract longitude and latitude grid marking the record coordinate. It is not a political map or a surveyed event boundary.
180°WPrime meridian / equator grid180°E

Source and verification boundary

This remains a starting-point record

Starting-point source from the submitted dataset; verify exact dates, attribution, legal posture, casualty figures, and current status before reuse.

Citation and correction

Use the stable record ID and challenge individual propositions

A correction may concern the date, place, actors, attribution, legal status, figures, coordinate precision, source characterization, or why-pivotal summary without invalidating every other field.

Suggested citation

2IA — International Intelligence Archive. “Paris attacks.” World Events record 2015-006. Reviewed July 27, 2026. https://2ix.org/world-events/2015/2015-006/