Armed police will patrol around Wembley stadium on Tuesday, as England1 and France2 play a friendly soccer match just days after militants launched suicide bombings outside the Stade de France as part of a wave of attacks in Paris3.
Common in European countries like France, armed police are generally a rare sight in Britain although they did patrol the London Olympic Games in 2012 and have become more common in recent years due to fears of a militant attack.
A French football fan draped in a national flag walks towards Wembley as security is raised for England vs France . Photo: AFP/Getty
Prime Minister David Cameron, Mayor Boris Johnson and Prince William are expected to attend the match where English fans will be encouraged to put aside traditional football rivalry and sing the French national anthem.
London’s Metropolitan Police said they were mobilising more police ahead of the match, due to start at 2000 GMT.
Wayne Rooney and Roy Hodgson – England vs France: Wayne Rooney does nation proud ahead of emotional friendly following Paris terror attacks . Photo: Getty
“This will include extra, highly visible armed officers who will be patrolling around Wembley Stadium,” said Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Terry.
Police in France conducted 128 raids overnight following the wave of shootings and suicide bombings at restaurants, a concert hall and a sports stadium around Paris on Friday which killed at least 129 people.
A match between Belgium and Spain due to take place in Brussels, where police have been carrying out raids in the wake of the Paris attacks, has been postponed for security reasons after the government advised against going ahead.
Friday 13th Paris attacks Times quoted refer to GMT 20.20 
Spectators gather on the pitch of the Stade de France stadium .
Photo: AFP the first explosion went off near the Stade de France, where president Francois Hollande was at a football match between France and Germany . One person was killed in the blast . The body of a terrorist was found at the scene wearing a suicide belt filled with shrapnel .
20.25 
Service personnel working outside the restaurant . Photo: Reuters Shortly after the first explosion at the Stade de France, gunmen with Kalashnikovs launched an attack at Le Carillon bar and Le Petit Cambodge restaurant on Rue Bichat, in the city’s 10th arrondissement, killing 15 people and injuring 10 .
20.30 The attackers drove about 500 yards to the Casa Nostra pizzeria in Rue de la Fontaine au Roi and opened fire on diners on the terrace of the restaurant, killing at least five people and injuring eight .
20.30 Another explosion went off outside the Stade de France when a second suicide bomber blew himself up .
20.35 
Forensic police search for evidences outside the La Belle Equipe cafe . Photo: Getty Images Militants launch an attack on La Belle Equipe in Rue de Charonne, spraying the terrace bar with bullets and killing 19 people in gunfire which witnesses say lasted “two, three minutes” .
20.50 
Wounded people are evacuated outside the Bataclan theatre . Photo: EPA Three black-clad gunmen wielding AK-47s and wearing suicide vests stormed Le Bataclan during a concert by American rock band Eagles Of Death Metal . At least 89 were killed and more than 100 others injured during the shooting .
The attackers were heard mentioning Syria and Iraq during the massacre .
20.53 A third suicide bomber blew himself up on Rue de la Coquerie, near the Stade de France .
21.00 
A woman is evacuated outside the Bataclan . Photo: AP The first reports came in of the Bataclan massacre and within 10 minutes there was confirmation that a hostage crisis had developed at the theatre .
21.57 Prime Minister David Cameron said on Twitter: I am shocked by events in Paris tonight . Our thoughts and prayers are with the French people .
We will do whatever we can to help .
22.00 
An emotional French president Francois Hollande, who was earlier evacuated from the Stade de France, closed the borders and declared a state of national emergency . The French military were called into the centre of Paris .
22.16 Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Twitter: My thoughts are with the people of Paris tonight . We stand in solidarity with the French .
Such acts are heinous and immoral .
22.28 
Police officers gather outside the Bataclan concert venue in Paris . Photo: EPA French emergency services activate Plan Rouge to tackle the large numbers of casualties .
22.30 
Wounded people are evacuated from the Stade de France . Photo: EPA Parisians used the #PorteOuverte hashtag to search for or offer safe places for those fleeing the violence .
The hashtag was soon trending .
22.43 A new toll of at least 35 dead .
22.46 President Obama delivered a speech at the White House, expressing solidarity with the people of Paris and calling the attacks terrorist acts. “Those who think that they can terrorise the people of France or the values that they stand for are wrong.”We are reminded in this time of tragedy that the bonds of liberte, egalite, fraternite, are not just the values French people share, but we share.”Those go far beyond any act of terrorism or the hateful vision of those who perpetrated the crimes this evening.” 23.30 Reports emerge of French taxi drivers turning off their meters and offering passengers free rides home . A citywide curfew was put in place, the first since 1944 .
23.30 
People receive medical attention after being evacuated from the Bataclan theatre . Photo: AP Police storm the Bataclan, ending the siege .
Two terrorists die after activating their suicide vests and a third is shot dead by officers . Midnight The death toll reached at least 120 . Saturday, November 14 00.46 
French soldiers patrol the area at the foot of the Eiffel Tower .
Photo: AFP At least 1,500 soldiers have been called upon to patrol the streets of Paris .
03.30 Schools, markets, museums and major tourist sites in the Paris area are closed and sporting fixtures cancelled .
09.50 Hollande calls the attacks “an act of war.. . committed by a terrorist army, the Islamic State, against France, against.. . what we are, a free country” .
He declares three days of national mourning .
09.50 Isil claimed responsibility, saying in a statement issued in Arabic and French that the attackers had targeted “the capital of abominations and perversions and those who carry the crusader banner in Europe” .
10.30 
Passengers stand outside Gatwick airport after it was evacuated . Photo: @TimUnwin Gatwick Airport north terminal was evacuated after a suspected firearm was discovered . A 41-year-old French national was taken into custody for questioning .
He was later charged with possession of an air rifle and a knife .
11.00 David Cameron warned the UK “must be prepared for a number of British casualties”, and condemned the “brutal and callous murderers . The Queen also sent a message of condolence to Mr Hollande, saying she and the Duke of Edinburgh had been “deeply shocked and saddened by the terrible loss of life in Paris” .
12.00 
A victim is wheeled out of the Bataclan concert hall . Photo: REUTERS/Charles Platiau By noon on Saturday French officials had put the provisional death toll at 127 people from the combined attacks, with 180 injured and 99 people in hospital in critical condition .
13.30 One of the bombers was identified by his fingerprints as a young Frenchman flagged for links with Islamic extremism . He is later named as Isma l Omar Mostefa , 29 .
17.00 
Belgian policemen search for suspects in Molenbeek area (Brussels) . Photo: Isopix/REX Shutterstock A number of people are arrested in Brussels in relation to the Paris attack .
Belgian prosecutors later confirmed they have opened an anti-terrorist investigation based on a car that was hired in Belgium and was found near the Bataclan concert hall .
18.00 
Nick Alexander from Colchester was working at Bataclan . One Briton is confirmed to have died and “a handful” of others are feared to have been killed . The British victim was later named as Nick Alexander, who was selling band merchandise at the Bataclan .
18.23 
People gather to lay floral tributes and candles outside La Belle Equipe restaurant . Photo: Reuters Francois Molins, the Paris prosecutor, said 129 people were confirmed dead and 352 people were injured, with 99 in a critical condition . Sunday, November 15 10.30 
Theresa May Home Secretary Theresa May indicated the British death toll in the Paris attacks may rise as she said the government has concerns about a “handful” of UK citizens .
She said that British police and intelligence agencies were “working day and night to keep people secure”.
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