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Canadian injured in Paris attacks on Friday, Foreign Affairs says

By Staff The Canadian Press

Posted November 16, 2015 11:31 pm

Updated November 16, 2015 11:38 pm

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People gather in front of Le Carillon cafe, a site of the recent attacks, in Paris, Monday Nov. 16, 2015. French President Francois Hollande says the Paris attacks targeted "youth in all its diversity" and that the victims were of 19 different nationalities. AP Photo/Jerome Delay

OTTAWA – A Foreign Affairs spokeswoman says a Canadian was injured during the Paris attacks on Friday.

Diana Khaddaj says in an email that Canadian consular officials in Paris are in contact with the family of the Canadian and are providing assistance.

She says no other information is being released for privacy reasons.

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