Las Vegas Strip and Eiffel Tower go dark to honour those killed in attacks

59 people were killed in the Las Vegas shooting and two women were knifed to death in France this weekend
The lights of the Eiffel Tower were switched off on Monday night in tribute to the victims of the attacks in Las Vegas and Marseille
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Harriet Pavey3 October 2017

The Las Vegas strip and the Eiffel Tower switched off their lights on Monday night to honour the victims of the Las Vegas massacre.

Both global landmarks went temporarily dark to pay tribute. The shooting came a day after a knifeman shouting “Allahu Akbar” stabbed two cousins to death outside a train station in Marseille, France.

Gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire on crowds from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel on Sunday night, killing 59 and injuring 527.

A candlelit vigil at the corner of Sahara Avenue and Las Vegas boulevard was attended by hundreds of mourners, who came together to pay their respects.

Where the mass shooting took place
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France and the US stood shoulder to shoulder to honour the victims of the weekend’s attacks, as the lights of the Eiffel Tower were switched off and the Las Vegas strip went dark.

"Tonight we will turn off the Eiffel Tower from midnight in homage to the victims of the attacks in Marseille and Las Vegas," Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo wrote, adding the hashtag "we are united".

The French capital has repeatedly switched off the night-time lights on its most famous landmark to show solidarity with victims of terror attacks from London to Kabul.

The Las Vegas strip lit up with messages for the victims from the mass shooting with one building saying: "Our prayers for the victims."

In New York, the Empire State Building also went dark in tribute to those who died in the Mandalay Bay hotel massacre.

The landmark issued a statement saying it would go dark “in sympathy” for the victims of the Las Vegas tragedy.

President Trump condemned the mass shooting on Monday, calling it “an act of pure evil.”

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