Paris shootings and explosions near Stade de France kill 18
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At least 18 people have been killed in several shootings in the French capital, Paris, as well as explosions at the Stade de France.
At least one man opened fire with an automatic gun at the Petit Cambodge restaurant in the 11th district.
Liberation newspaper reports shootings near the Bataclan arts centre.
Three explosions are also reported outside a bar near the Stade de France, where France were hosting Germany.
Reports say French President Francois Hollande was watching the match and has been moved to safety.
Live: Follow the latest developments here.
A BBC journalist at the Petit Cambodge restaurant says he can see 10 people on the road either dead or seriously injured.
He says police have now arrived and sealed off the area.
An eyewitness told Liberation he had heard more than 100 rounds being fired.
It says the gunman has fled the scene.
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Paris shooting: Several killed and injured after ‘Kalashnikov and grenade attacks’ across French capital
Many people killed after several shootings and explosions across central Paris – follow live updates
Paris shooting: Several killed and injured after ‘Kalashnikov and grenade attacks’ across French capital
10:14PM GMT 13 Nov 2015
• ‘Several killed’ after ‘Kalashnikov attack’
• Explosions heard outside Stade de France
• Multiple attack sites across the French capital
• Reports of suicide attacks and hostages taken
Latest
22:15
Attacks coordinated
Paris’s deputy mayor says it is too early to say if the attacks were coordinated acts of terror, but that it looks that way. US officials state the attacks were coordinated.
22:14
‘Pools of blood’ at Bataclan
Student Fabien Baron said:
I was on my way to my sister’s when I heard shots being fired. Then I saw three people dead on the ground, I know they were dead because they were being wrapped up in plastic bags.
22:08
France v Germany match over Crowds moved onto the pitch:
22:05
French terror attacks
22:02
Moment of explosion?
22:00
‘Gunmen shouted Allah Akbar’
Louis, inside the Bataclan, told France Info radio the men opened fire and shouted “Allah Akbar”.
He only saw silhouettes. He said:
The men came in and started shooting. Everyone fell to the ground. It was hell.
I took my mum, and we hid. Someone near us said they have gone, so we ran out. I was only thinking of escaping.
We’re out now. I think people are still inside.
It’s a nightmare – a nightmare.
21:58
Police everywhere
Paris, for the second time in a year is under siege:
Police at the scene following a shooting by a man with Kalashnikov near Place de la République in Paris Photo: Sky News
21:57
One of the sites 60 hostages
Twitter reports that scores have been taken hostage: 21:55
Bataclan location – very close to Charlie Hebdo offices
21:50
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
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9:35PM GMT 13 Nov 2015
• ‘Several killed’ after ‘Kalashnikov attack’
• Explosions heard outside Stade de France
• Multiple attack sites across the French capital
• Reports of suicide attacks and hostages taken
Latest
21:55
Bataclan location – very close to Charlie Hebdo offices
21:50
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.
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