Paris attacks: shootings and explosions leave at least 120 dead
At least 120 people have died in Paris in a wave of coordinated gun and suicide bomb attacks, prompting the French president, François Hollande, to declare a state of emergency and tighten controls on the country’s borders.
In the deadliest terrorist attack on Europe since the 2004 train bombings in Madrid, six venues across Paris were targeted: gunmen opened fire at a rock concert and on patrons in restaurants; and a series of bombs were detonated near the Stade de France, where the national side was playing Germany in an international friendly football match.
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At least eight attackers are dead, seven of them in suicide bombings, but witnesses to one shooting said police told them at least one attacker was still at large.
In the bloodiest incident, 87 people were reported killed inside the Bataclan concert venue in the 11th arrondissement, when gunmen opened fire on the crowd during a concert by US rock group Eagles of Death Metal.
Many people in the crowd were reportedly held hostage before armed police stormed the venue. Some of those inside the Bataclan theatre told reporters three of the terrorists detonated suicide belts as the French security forces closed in.
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Police reported six attacks occurred across Paris over a little more than two hours on Friday night. Incidents occurred at:
Bataclan theatre - 87 people killed
Stade de France - unknown number killed;
Boulevard de Charonne - 18 reported killed;
Boulevard Voltaire - one killed;
Rue de la Fontaine-au-Roi - five killed;
Rue Alibert - 14 killed.
157 people had been killed, before the Bataclan death toll was significantly revised down.
In addition to those killed, across the city, a further 200 people were injured, at least 80 of them seriously.