“Whenever these attacks happen we’ve always been able to count on the French people to stand with us, they’re an extraordinary counterterrorism partner”, he said, adding that the USA stands ready to reciprocate.
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A NY Police Department statement released Friday stressed police have “no indication that the attack has any nexus to NY City”.
A Paris police official said there were at least 100 hostages in a Paris theater following shooting and explosions at two cites in the city. “And we want to be very clear that we stand together with them in the fight against terrorism and extremism”. “Our thoughts are with all of the people involved in this tragic situation”. A Reuters witness heard five explosions outside the Bataclan music hall, where up to 60 people were being held hostage.
“At first we heard gunshots”, eyewitness Jenny Watson, who was on the first floor of the venue, told France 24, according to The NY Times. It will take time to grasp the scale of this horror, but there is one thing we already know.
Fifteen people have died at the club, according to The Associated Press, and hostage taking is underway.
SITE says that accounts also circulated pictures of the attacks, and one pro-IS channel accused France of sending warplanes to bomb Syria and says “today it drinks from the same cup”. Police are ordering bystanders off the streets around the venue. The wife of drummer Julian Dorio told The Washington Post that he and other band members are OK.
The U.S. Capitol Police in Washington boosted patrols around the Capitol complex, a spokeswoman said.
“Now I have arrived in my room and hopefully the situation will be safe”, he said. “Everyone on stage was able to get off”. Rolling Stone has reached out to the group’s reps for more information. The attack took place during a concert by the USA rock group Eagles of Death Metal.
The gesture is being shared across the nation and worldwide, with iconic buildings and monuments to be lit up in honour of those same values and those who have died in the overnight spate of terror attacks. French President Francois Hollande was evacuated from the match, France 24 reported. Another took place in a restaurant in the same general area. The French president Francois Hollande has closed French borders. The US President said: “Once again we’ve seen an outrageous attempt to terrorize ordinary citizens…”
Soon after the attacks, Modi tweeted: “News from Paris is anguishing & terrible”.
Hollande said police were launching an assault at one of the attack sites as he spoke.
Scores of police are surrounding the Bataclan concert hall, and sirens are wailing throughout the neighborhood. Both officials said they expected the toll of victims to rise.
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