Islamic terrorists attacked Paris, hitting six targets (maybe more)–a concert hall, a soccer stadium, and popular restaurants–with AK47s and explosives, killing, as of the latest count, more than 150 people.
From Paris rocked by explosions and shootouts leaving more than 140 dead – The Washington Post:
France declared a state of emergency and sealed its borders Friday evening after a series of apparently coordinated terrorist attacks struck at sites across Paris, leaving at least 140 people dead and scenes of horror and carnage outside a soccer stadium, at cafés and inside a concert hall.
At the Bataclan theater alone, at least 118 people were reported massacred by gunmen armed with assault rifles and explosives.
The attacks on half a dozen targets spawned panic and chaos in a city where residents and tourists had only minutes earlier been enjoying a cool and quiet November evening.
At the concert hall, gunfire and explosions rang out as security forces moved in on hostage takers who had stormed a performance by an American rock band.
Police said the attackers threw explosives at the hostages, in addition to opening fire on them. About 100 people were rescued when security forces stormed the building, French media reported. One official described the scene inside as “carnage.”
French television showed people evacuating the venue, walking out with their hands up. News media said the operation to secure the Bataclan theater was over and that three gunmen have been killed.
The president’s office said 1,500 French troops were deployed on the streets of Paris to back up police.
France’s BFMTV television network reported that an unknown number of attackers in Friday’s violence were still at large.
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