On a night when thousands of Paris residents and
tourists were reveling and fans were enjoying a
soccer match between France and world champion
Germany, horror struck in an unprecedented
manner. Terrorists -- some with AK-47s, some
reportedly with bombs strapped to them -- attacked
sites throughout the French capital and at the
stadium where the soccer match was underway.
Scores were killed in the coordinated attacks late
Friday, leaving a nation in mourning and the world in
shock.
• At least 153 people were killed in the Paris and
Saint-Denis shootings and bombings, French officials
said. Among the victims, 112 were killed at the
Bataclan concert venue, according to the Interior
Ministry. Saint-Denis is home to the national stadium
where the match was being played.
• CNN affiliate BFMTV reports that SWAT units
stormed the Bataclan concert hall and that the siege
is over. Two attackers were killed, a police union said.
Police brought out at least 100 hostages from the
concert hall, a CNN producer said; some appear to
be wounded. President Francois Hollande Francois
told reporters outside Bataclan that "terrorists
capable of carrying out such atrocities must know
that they will face a France that is determined and
united."
• Deputy Mayor Patrick Klugman told CNN the death
toll is going to rise significantly. "We are facing an
unknown and historic situation in Paris," he said.
• Hollande called the events "unprecedented terrorist
attacks" and added, "This is a horror." In a tweet, he
said, "Faced with terror, this is a nation that knows
how to defend itself, how to mobilize its forces and
once again, knows how to overcome the terrorists."
• French radio reporter Julien Pearce was inside the
Bataclan theater when gunmen entered. Two men
dressed in black started shooting what he described
as AK-47s, and after wounded people fell to the floor,
the two gunmen shot them again, execution-style, he
said. The two men didn't wear masks and didn't say
anything. The gunfire lasted 10 to 15 minutes,
sending the crowd inside the small concert hall into a
screaming panic, said Pearce, who escaped. He said
he saw 20 to 25 bodies lying on the floor.
• One of the explosions at the Stade de France, home
of the French national sports teams, outside Paris
appears to be a suicide bombing, a Western
intelligence source receiving direct intelligence from
the scene told CNN's Deb Feyerick. A dismembered
body, consistent with the aftermath of an explosion
from that type of device, was found at the scene, the
source said. Watch: Explosion heard at Paris soccer
game
• People were inviting people off the streets into their
apartments, reports Philip Crowther, Washington
correspondent for France 24.
• Traffic on several subway lines has been
interrupted following the attacks, the Paris police
prefecture reported.
• At this hour, there is no credible or specific threat
in the United States, according to a U.S. government
official.
• Hollande, in an address to the nation, said he had
declared a state of emergency, meaning borders will
be closed. "We have to show compassion and
solidarity and we also have to show unity and keep
our cool. France must be strong and great," he said.
• The Paris prefecture of police is instructing
residents to stay home. The prefecture said via
Twitter that people should stay inside "unless there's
an absolute necessity."
• French authorities have launched a terrorism
investigation, Eric Pelletier, a reporter with Le
Pariesien, tells CNN Paul Cruickshank. There has
been no official claim of responsibility, though ISIS
has applauded the attacks on Twitter, Cruickshank
reports.
• "This is an attack not just on Paris, not just on the
people on France, but an attack on all humanity and
the universal values we share," U.S. President Barack
Obama said at the White House. He called the attacks
an "outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent
civilians."
• At least six shootings took place in Paris and three
explosions took place at the Stade de France in Saint-
Denis late Friday, CNN affiliate BFMTV said. Two or
three gunmen entered the Bataclan concert hall while
opening fire on law enforcement, BFMTV reported. A
source earlier told CNN there were six to eight
hostage takers, citing a person they were talking to
inside the venue.
• Hollande was evacuated at halftime of the France-
Germany soccer match.
• Counterterrorism officials around the United States
have convened secure conference calls to try to
gather information and to assess whether there is
any indication of threats in the U.S, according to two
U.S. counterterrorism officials. Immediate suspicion
for the events in Paris falls to so-called returnees --
people who have traveled to Syria and Iraq and have
returned, the officials said.
In early January of this year, two gunmen attacked
the Paris offices of the French satirical magazine
Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 and wounding 11.
Said and Cherif Kouachi wanted to punish the
magazine for the publication of cartoons that they
believed mocked the Prophet Mohammed. The
Kouachi brothers two days later were shot and killed
in a standoff with police in Dammartin-en-Goele.
Amedy Coulibaly, an associate of Said and Cherif
Kouachi, attacked a Jewish grocery store in Paris,
taking more than a dozen people hostage and killing
four. Coulibaly had killed a policewoman the day
before, on January 8. Coulibaly was killed when
police stormed the kosher market.

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Lalasticlala, Ishilove

This is disheartening! I pray that GOD will give strength to victims of terrorism and violent crimes across the globe.

My God!

I wonder what the world is turnin into...A lot of us just wanna make a little money, take care of our families n live happy n healthy lives. Meanwhile some bastards just wanna kill innocent civilians for no reason...May God guide n protect us even as we walk through d valley of the shadow of death...

It's pathetic... Only God knows when these terrorists will stop these evil acts. Everybody should stand up against terrorism irrespective of religion or nationality.
#PrayForParis

This is so scary. Paris that's been my holiday destination.

God, have mercy on us.

Not my problem.

Posted By:
Bobby Carlos:

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Islamabad! Meanwhile Abraham made mistakes through Sarah and here the world still nursing it..For those who are still nursing such hatred they are d descendants of evil generation .now tell me what is your gain ? Killing innocent life .

Lord have mercy.
May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God rest in peace.
May their souls rest in perfect peace.....Amen!

In other news, wat do these terrorist want, let them just say.
If they wanna rule their own world, we can contribute to sand fill a part of Indian or Atlantic ocean, then they can all stay alone..... No one would disturb them. Really!