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Terrorist Attack in France Leaves Over 120 Dead and 100 Hostages (Photo)
Posted by George on Sat 14th Nov, 2015 - tori.ngFrance has suffered a massive terrorist attack in the form of a fatal bomb explosion and shoot-out which has left several people dead as well as a large number of hostages with security operates trying to manage the situation.
A corpse one of the victims being attended to
French police officials and witnesses have reported an explosion in a bar near a Paris stadium, a shootout outside three Paris restaurants and a hostage situation in a concert hall, leaving at least 120 dead, according to the Guardian.
Just before midnight local time, French President, François Hollande declared a national state of emergency and ordered the borders closed.
According to eyewitness Jim Carroll, 67, who was walking home to his apartment on Rue Bichat at the time of the attack on the restaurants in the 10th arrondissement said there was “a loud explosion” followed by a sound like that of “Chinese fireworks a long extended spattering that lasted for fifteen seconds.”
“Then there was another explosion and spattering that lasted for a few seconds like the first one,” he added. “Within just a minute there were the sounds of the engines.”
Carroll reported a scene of “chaos.” Firemen and police immediately barricaded Rue Bichat and all the surrounding streets.
Authorities also evacuated Place de la République and caused a flood of people to cross over the Canal Saint-Martin. Paris public prosecutor François Molins through his spokeswoman said 8 assailants had also died, 7 of whom had blown themselves up with explosive belts at various locations, while one had been shot dead by police.
Ambulances are now on the scene. One of the police officials said there was a separate explosion near the Stade de France north of Paris. It was unclear if the events were linked.
Just before midnight local time, French President, François Hollande declared a national state of emergency and ordered the borders closed.
According to eyewitness Jim Carroll, 67, who was walking home to his apartment on Rue Bichat at the time of the attack on the restaurants in the 10th arrondissement said there was “a loud explosion” followed by a sound like that of “Chinese fireworks a long extended spattering that lasted for fifteen seconds.”
“Then there was another explosion and spattering that lasted for a few seconds like the first one,” he added. “Within just a minute there were the sounds of the engines.”
Carroll reported a scene of “chaos.” Firemen and police immediately barricaded Rue Bichat and all the surrounding streets.
Authorities also evacuated Place de la République and caused a flood of people to cross over the Canal Saint-Martin. Paris public prosecutor François Molins through his spokeswoman said 8 assailants had also died, 7 of whom had blown themselves up with explosive belts at various locations, while one had been shot dead by police.
Ambulances are now on the scene. One of the police officials said there was a separate explosion near the Stade de France north of Paris. It was unclear if the events were linked.
An eyewitness at the stadium filmed the field filled with spectators, which he described in a tweet as a "surreal scene" filled with helicopters. Another police source reported 100 hostages and at least 15 killed in the Bataclan concert hall. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to be publicly named.
France has been on edge since deadly attacks by Islamic extremists in January on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a kosher grocery that left 20 dead, including the three attackers.
France has been on edge since deadly attacks by Islamic extremists in January on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a kosher grocery that left 20 dead, including the three attackers.
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