A father's explanation of the Paris attacks to his son reaches more than 29m views on Facebook

A father’s heartwarming explanation to his son about the Paris terror attacks is electrifying social media, with more than 29m views on Facebook alone.

The video shows an interview conducted on Sunday by a reporter for France’s Le Petit Journal at Place de La Republique in Paris, where people are laying flowers and lighting candles to honour the 129 victims killed in the attacks.

In the video, preschooler Brandon Le tells reporter Martin Weill the attacks were conducted by “bad guys” who were “not very nice.”