A documentary about the Eagles of Death Metal has been pulled from the program of the global Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, one week after terrorists killed 89 people at the band’s concert in at the Bataclan in Paris.
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The band, which also goes by the acronym EODM, was on stage at the Bataclan when gunmen opened fire with automatic rifles.
“Several people hid in our dressing room”, Hughes told Vice, saying everyone there was killed “except for a kid who was hiding under my leather jacket”.
Frontman Jesse Hughes and Joshua Homme – who was not in Paris with his bandmates – sat down with VICE founder Shane Smith to recall the events of the night and to express their grief.
In the interview, his voice broke as he described scared concertgoers playing dead. He said many people died because they refused to leave their friends.
More than 100 people were killed in the attack, on November 13.
One of those killed was Nick Alexander, a 36-year-old Briton who was selling merchandise for the U.S. band when the atrocity unfolded.
Yesterday’s vote was hailed as an “important moment” by Mr Cameron as he seeks backing for United Kingdom air strikes in Syria.
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The move expands powers to allow police to carry out arrests and searches, while authorities can ban the movement of people and vehicles at specific times and places.
