On the evening of 13 November 2015, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks, consisting of mass shootings, suicide bombings, and hostage-taking, occurred in Paris, the capital of France, and its northern suburb, Saint-Denis. Beginning at 21:20 CET, there were three suicide bombings outside the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, along with another suicide bombing in Paris and mass shootings at four locations near central Paris.[10] The attacks were the deadliest on France since World War II,[11][12] and the deadliest in the European Union since the Madrid train bombings in 2004.[13]