Friday 13 November 2015

Terrorist Attack: Sporadic Shooting 60 Confirm Dead In Paris

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 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.

People are inviting people off the streets into their apartments, reports Philip Crowther, Washington correspondent for France 24. They are following Hollande's direction to stay indoors.

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.

Dozens of people are reported dead after a series of what appear to be coordinated attacks across Paris late Friday.

At least 43 people are confirmed dead in multiple attacks across Paris, fire-fighters said early Saturday. CNN affiliate BFMTV reported earlier as many as 60 people had been killed.

President Francois Hollande called the events "unprecedented terrorist attacks" and added, "This is a horror." In a series of tweets, 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."



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