Friday, November 13, 2015

Terror Attacks in Paris.

Wikipedia:

Petit Cambodge and Le Carillon shootings

A shooting at the Petit Cambodge ("Little Cambodia") restaurant in the 10th arrondissement of Paris killed four people.[2][13][14] The assailants also shot people outside a bar called Le Carillon near the Canal Saint-Martin.[15] According to the Associated Press who quoted a police official, 11 people were killed at the restaurant.[2]

Bataclan theatre siege

Shootings and hostage takings occurred at the Bataclan theatre in the 11th arrondissement of Paris...Between 60 and 100 hostages were taken.[12][2] Someone who escaped the attack told a journalist that the attackers mentioned Syria and that there were five or six attackers.[3] There were further attacks reported on police and first responders who arrived at the scene after initial reports of shooting inside the theatre.[18] One of the attackers at the Bataclan had explosives, according to a police officer at the scene.[3]

Julien Pierce, a journalist from Europe 1, said that he saw armed men enter the Bataclan, and that that there were two or three not wearing masks who came in and fired indiscriminately on the crowd.[3] A police raid later took place at the Bataclan, resulting in the death of two or three attackers and cessation of the hostage situation.[2] The siege ended at 0:58 CET.[19] The police reported that an estimated 100 people were killed at the theatre.[3][20]

Stade de France explosion

At least 10 people were injured or killed in an explosion at a bar near the Stade de France in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis.[6] The President of France, François Hollande, was at the Stade de France attending an international friendly football match between France and Germany.[21] Hollande was safely evacuated from the scene[4][2] and met with the French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve to coordinate a response to the emergency.[20] The match was being broadcast on live television.[22] Following the game, fans were brought onto the pitch to await evacuation as police monitored all exits from the venue.