In all, there were at least six separate attacks, the official said.
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A bloodbath was reported from the Bataclan concert hall where more than 100 were killed as terrorists opened fire for 15 minutes and even shot hostages at point blank range.
One of the best-known popular music venues in Paris, the Bataclan attracts a range of bands, and was set to host California-based band Eagles of Death Metal on Friday night.
“We intend to be there with them in that same fashion”.
“These are a lot more coordinated, a lot more sophisticated than we saw during the Charlie Hebdo attack”, Vivienne Walt, a reporter for Time in Paris told PRI’s The World.
According to the Guardian earlier on Friday, there was bomb threat evacuation at a Paris hotel. She grabbed the arm of a woman on the floor.
US President Barack Obama called them an attack “on all of humanity”.
In addition to the carnage at the concert hall, at least five people were also killed in three explosions near the Stade de France national stadium, were France was playing Germany in an worldwide football match. An Federal Bureau of Investigation spokesperson said the agency and the Department of Homeland Security were closely monitoring the unfolding events.
Cadot said all the attackers are believed dead, although authorities are hunting for any possible accomplices.
The crowd still loudly celebrated goals by Olivier Giroud and substitute Andre-Pierre Gignac late in either half of the match that gave France the win. He said the explosions went off simultaneously.
Google ISIS and “Paris shootings” and one of the first stories that comes up is a United Kingdom newspaper report from July 2015, which covers a brutal ISIS video of an execution-style murder of a Syrian soldier by a self-described “French Jihadi”. He was rushed away and taken to a secure area.
– An eyewitness, Gabriel Haddad, told CNN two explosions could be heard in the background during the game.
The officials spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to be publicly named.
President François Hollande appeared on television shortly after the attacks, declaring a state of emergency and announcing his decision to shut French borders.
Hollande declared a state of emergency.
Lerme said one of his best friends lives in Paris. Delta airlines said it was monitoring the situation and calling it very fluid.
“Once again, we’ve seen an outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians”, Obama said. President Francois Hollande pledged that France would stand firm against what he called terrorism.
At least 153 people were killed in the French capital as terrorists carried out a bloody Mumbai-style multiple terror attacks, stunning France and drawing global condemnation, media reports said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the Paris attacks, but according to the news channel BFMTV, the terrorists shouted “It’s for Syria”. “It will only strengthen our resolve to fight against this senseless violence”.
British Prime Minister David Cameron expressing shock over the Paris attacks said that his country will do whatever it can to extend help to France.
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Other United States buildings also lit themselves in the colors of the French flag, including city hall in San Francisco and the Omni Hotel in Dallas, Texas.
