Fox TV is reporting at least 2 explosions at/near the Paris Stadium where France and Germany were playing a football match. Also reporting shootouts in 2 separate locations, a bar and a café near the same stadium.
AP:
French police report shootout and explosion in Paris
PARIS (AP) -- Police officials in France say there has been a shootout in a Paris restaurant and an explosion in a bar near a Paris stadium.
BFM television says there were several dead in the restaurant shooting in the 10th arrondissement of the capital. Two police officials confirmed the shooting but had no information about casualties.
Also late Friday, two explosions were heard outside the Stade de France stadium north of Paris during a France-Germany friendly football match. It was unclear if the events were linked.
A police official confirmed one explosion in a bar near the stadium. It is unclear whether there are casualties.
An Associated Press reporter in the stadium Friday night heard two explosions loud enough to penetrate the sounds of cheering fans. Sirens were immediately heard, and a helicopter was circling overhead.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to be publicly named.
UPDATES:
AP reporting at least 26 people dead. Twittier via The Telegraph stating as many as 60 people may be taken hostage at a concert hall.
UPDATES:
AP reporting at least 26 people dead. Twittier via The Telegraph stating as many as 60 people may be taken hostage at a concert hall.
Summary so far
As we try to make sense of exactly what is going on, The Telegraph's David Chazan has this summary of what we know:
At least 18 people were killed and “many wounded” in a series of attacks in Paris by gunmen armed with kalashnikovs and grenades on Friday evening, police said.
Grenades were reportedly thrown at a stadium in the north of the French capital where a football match between France and Germany was being held, witnesses said.
The first shooting to be reported took place at a Cambodian restaurant in the 10th arrondissement of the city, an area with many crowded bars and restaurants, particularly busy on Friday evening.
A second shooting was reported minutes later near a nightclub in the area, Le Bataclan, where gunmen were said to be holding hostages. Later grenades were said to have been thrown at a stadium in the north of the city where a football match between France and Germany was being held.
Large numbers of police rushed to the scene of the first attack, a Cambodian restaurant in the 10th arrondissement of the French capital. They evacuated nearby bars and restaurants.
The motive of the shootings is unknown, but Parisians feared that terrorists had again attacked the French capital, where 17 people were killed in a series of attacks in January that began with the shootings of staff at the office of the Charlie Hebdo magazine. Sirens were heard throughout central Paris.
Helicopters were seen in the air near the stadium.
21:48
At least 18 people were killed and “many wounded” in a series of attacks in Paris by gunmen armed with kalashnikovs and grenades on Friday evening, police said. Grenades were reportedly thrown at a stadium in the north of the French capital where a football match between France and Germany was being held, witnesses said.
The first shooting to be reported took place at a Cambodian restaurant in the 10th arrondissement of the city, an area with many crowded bars and restaurants, particularly busy on Friday evening.
A second shooting was reported minutes later near a nightclub in the area, Le Bataclan, where gunmen were said to be holding hostages. Later grenades were said to have been thrown at a stadium in the north of the city where a football match between France and Germany was being held.
Large numbers of police rushed to the scene of the first attack, a Cambodian restaurant in the 10th arrondissement of the French capital. They evacuated nearby bars and restaurants.
The motive of the shootings is unknown, but Parisians feared that terrorists had again attacked the French capital, where 17 people were killed in a series of attacks in January that began with the shootings of staff at the office of the Charlie Hebdo magazine. Sirens were heard throughout central Paris.
Helicopters were seen in the air near the stadium.
21:48
Hostages taken
Henry Samuel reports from Paris:
According to eyewitness, gunmen are holding hostages in 11ème arrondissement inside Bataclan club, hundreds of yards form former Charlie Hebdo offices. Anti-terror RAID police en route.
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Now (5:45 p.m. EST) per Fox French TV reporting at least 60 dead and 100 hostages
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6:00 p.m.
French President Francois Holland just announced the attacks are still ongoing and he has closed the borders, no one may leave France while they search for the terrorists, state of emergency across France and the French Military dispatched to the streets.
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Fox News is now reporting that hostages are being executed one by one inside the concert hall.
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Fox News is reporting that 5 explosions have now been heard inside the Paris Concert Hall. Reuters confirms that these explosions have occurred.
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Fox News states that 7 separate locations have been attacked within the past three hours.
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A witness who escaped from the concert hall has reported that two shooters were on the balcony of the hall and were shooting down on a packed house.
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Reports indicate that attacks are still ongoing (6:48 EST).
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Fox News is reporting that a suspect arrested has told the police, "I am from ISIS." He has also said that he is from Syria and is on a mission for ISIS. This is the only arrest so far reported.
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Fox News is reporting that 12 people have now been rescued from the concert hall as the police have moved in.
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Fox News is now reporting that the attack on the concert is over. The police have captured or killed the two suspects there.
According to eyewitness, gunmen are holding hostages in 11ème arrondissement inside Bataclan club, hundreds of yards form former Charlie Hebdo offices. Anti-terror RAID police en route.
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Now (5:45 p.m. EST) per Fox French TV reporting at least 60 dead and 100 hostages
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6:00 p.m.
French President Francois Holland just announced the attacks are still ongoing and he has closed the borders, no one may leave France while they search for the terrorists, state of emergency across France and the French Military dispatched to the streets.
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Fox News is now reporting that hostages are being executed one by one inside the concert hall.
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Fox News is reporting that 5 explosions have now been heard inside the Paris Concert Hall. Reuters confirms that these explosions have occurred.
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Fox News states that 7 separate locations have been attacked within the past three hours.
================
A witness who escaped from the concert hall has reported that two shooters were on the balcony of the hall and were shooting down on a packed house.
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Reports indicate that attacks are still ongoing (6:48 EST).
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Fox News is reporting that a suspect arrested has told the police, "I am from ISIS." He has also said that he is from Syria and is on a mission for ISIS. This is the only arrest so far reported.
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Fox News is reporting that 12 people have now been rescued from the concert hall as the police have moved in.
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Fox News is now reporting that the attack on the concert is over. The police have captured or killed the two suspects there.
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CNN now: "terror attacks in 4 different locations in France."
NYT: Multiple Attacks Roil Paris; President Hollande Is Evacuated From Stadium
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Twitter feed with lots of video
Ahead of you so far anyway. Thanks and keep them coming.
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Those darn Methodists again. Or were they the Christians or perhaps the Jews. They're looking into the motive as we speak.
They had beards, brother, beards.
It must have been the Amish...
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