An Associated Press reporter in the stadium Friday night heard two explosions loud enough to penetrate the sounds of cheering fans.
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A third attacker was killed by security forces during the raid, the prosecutor’s office said. “At least 100 hostages and countless wounded”.
An ISIS sympathiser tweeted after the attack saying the attack would be imprinted on the minds of every Parisian they way it has been established in the minds of Americans after 9/11.
Witnesses said that the gunmen who killed 127 people in Friday’s wave of attacks shouted “Allahu akbar” (“God is greatest”) and blamed France’s military intervention in Syria against Islamic State (IS) extremists. Their customary method of doing so usually includes the circulation of a video or an audio recording justifying their attack or execution.
“We heard people screaming – the hostages particularly – and the threats from the kidnappers shouting ‘Look at me!'” added another survivor, 34-year-old Charles.
The year before, a series of explosions in Madrid killed 191 people.
“They had 20 hostages, and we could hear them talking with them”, said Janaszak, who was hiding with several others in the toilet.
Rescuers evacuate an injured person on Boulevard des Filles du Calvaire, close to the Bataclan concert hall in central Paris, early on November 14, 2015.
It is believed that the reported death toll means it is the deadliest atrocity on French soil in recent times.
A city-wide curfew has been enacted, the first in Paris since 1944.
Three attackers died at the popular music venue – two detonated explosives, while the third was killed in the police raid.
South Africa condemned “this terrorist attack in the strongest terms possible”.
“Once again we’ve seen an outrageous attempt to terrorise innocent civilians”.
“We will work alongside our allies to fight this terrorist menace…” The victims were reportedly at a pizza restaurant when they were killed.
In the United Arab Emirates, the state-run WAM news agency says President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan sent a telegram to French President Francois Hollande offering his condolences and pledging support for France. Our thoughts and prayers are with the French people.
Two attackers blew themselves up with suicide belts as police closed in, police prefect Michel Cadot said. Police who stormed the building, killing two attackers, encountered a bloody scene of horror inside.
A state of emergency was declared in France after the attacks, which Mr Hollande described as an “abomination”.
“Paris itself represents the timeless values of human progress”, U.S. President Barack Obama said in a televised address. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani cancelled a trip because of Friday’s attacks.
Though it was unclear who was responsible for Friday night’s violence, the Islamic State is “clearly the name at the top of everyone’s list”, said Brian Michael Jenkins, a terrorism expert and senior adviser to the president of the Washington-based RAND Corporation. The prefecture said via Twitter that people should stay inside “unless there’s an absolute necessity”.
One of Europe’s most heavily visited tourist attraction, the Disneyland theme park east of the capital, announced it would not open for business Saturday, a rarity.
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One of at least two restaurants targeted Friday, Le Carillon, is in the same general neighborhood as the Charlie Hebdo offices, as is the Bataclan, among the best-known venues in eastern Paris, near the trendy Oberkampf area known for a vibrant nightlife.
