Derry professor caught up in Paris terrorist attacks is safe and well
Professor Paddy Gray (pictured), past president of the Chartered Institute of Housing and Professor of Housing at the University of Ulster at Magee, has revealed he hid in an entry when the attacks broke out.
At least 140 people have been killed and over 100 others injured in suicide bombings and multiple shootings across the French capital.
French media report 100 of those killed were had been taken hostage in a concert hall.
Two hostage takers were shot dead by police when they stormed the building.
French President Francois Hollande has declared a state of emergency and closed the country’s borders.
Professor Gray took to social media to reveal he was hiding in entry close to Place de la Republique with an number of Parisians.
He added: “Being told someone still out there with a gun.”
He later tweeted: “Thanks everyone for the messages. Been taken into a kind gentleman’s house with six other people but safe.”