A young man said he heard the sound of an explosion and started running away from the spot.
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“We then chose to walk to the Bataclan, which was packed”.
A French police official said a suicide attacker identified by a skin sample was believed to be living in the Paris suburbs before the attacks.
The army was seen on the streets of Paris.
Reporting from Paris, Newsy’s Zach Toombs and Elizabeth Hagedorn say it shows the city is still on edge after the deadliest attacks on its soil since WWII. We can’t let the jihadists win. One of them told us that at first they thought that the gunfire noises were part of the loud music, but then people started falling down.
TV3’s Europe correspondent Melissa Davies has just cut off an on-air broadcast to Paul Henry, saying people were fleeing the area and they had been told to move on. All turned out to be false but touched a raw nerve, causing near stampedes.
Firecrackers and exploding light bulbs and heaters triggered scenes of panic in Paris, as rumours of fresh shootings sent people diving for cover and calling for police.
For several minutes, we sat there, surrounded by broken plates and glasses, scanning the room and the windows all around for clues.
She tried to focus on showing Martin where the attacks had happened – far away from his home – and that the police were doing good work to protect the city. It could well turn out that we are still in realm of basically nationally inspired attacks, albeit not only claimed but also aided and abetted by ISIS. French president Francois Hollande described the attacks “an act of war”, declaring a state of emergency – a threat level not invoked since the Algerian War. “France, because it was foully, disgracefully and violently attacked, will be unforgiving with the barbarians from Daesh”.
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3 of the terrorists were french nationals who resided in Brussels. But I wanted to pay my respects by burning a candle for people who lost their lives, and to pray.
