Many dead in coordinated Paris shootings and explosions

[brogdale]

Also, reading back on the comments, I see the authorities have allowed the France v Germany game to continue? Don't see how they much choice, not good to allow tens of thousands out into an unknown situation, place them in danger?

They are letting them out now...apparently. Very messy.

 

[editor]

it's the number game that you should not be playing, editor
that's what newspapers do

I've changed it. Please, it's not the time for lectures over titles.

 

[hash tag]

18 dead, 60 hostages in 3 places is the latest

 

[Sue]

Fucking hell, according to eyewitnesses, five or six unmasked shooters in one location, at least two at another. Used to go to gigs at the Baraclan and lots of bars round there and Rue de Charonne.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I sincerely hope that the news reports are wrong and there's fewer dead and injured than reported.

 

[Sprocket.]

Cannot see this as a spontaneous revenge attack, these actions tonight would take some coordinated planning. See it as more of a concerted attack on France from stand alone cells.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Christ, one of the Facebook sound techs groups I'm part of thinks one of our regular people may be at that gig. Fuck

 

[Orang Utan]

I've changed it. Please, it's not the time for lectures over titles.

for sure, it's also not the time for escalating numbers games

 

[gaijingirl]

Christ - this is moving so fast. Even the BBC is reporting 35 dead and 100 hostages.

 

[J Ed]

100 hostages

 

[8ball]

Of course its revenge, an icon of European Jihadis is killed and Daesh have been humiliated in Sinjar, all in the last 24hrs. I hope its a sign of weakness and things are going bad for them in Raqqa to require this desperate show of force

Nah, if it's revenge it implies they can organise something this massive in mere hours.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Nah, if it's revenge it implies they can organise something this massive in mere hours.

^Agree. If they could organize something this large before, they'd have done it by now.

 

[Flavour]

Also, reading back on the comments, I see the authorities have allowed the France v Germany game to continue? Don't see how they much choice, not good to allow tens of thousands out into an unknown situation, place them in danger?

the game is over and people are leaving the stadium

 

[Maurice Picarda]

A dismembered body - presumably a suicide bomber - outside the stadium indicates perhaps that a ghastlier tragedy might have been averted.

 

[brogdale]

Vine with sound of explosion from within Stade de France...

Vine by ArsenalTerje

 

[gaijingirl]

and now reports of shooting in les Halles

 

[IC3D]

Nah, if it's revenge it implies they can organise something this massive in mere hours.

Every time this happens they release a statement saying it's revenge for something specific. Cells will have targets, arms caches and when you remove survival from the equation its pretty easy to rock up and kill unarmed people.

 

[leanderman]

^Agree. If they could organize something this large before, they'd have done it by now.

It might be coincidence or they might have sped up a plan. Or been waiting for the maximum opportunity.

 

[Flavour]

According to the reddit live thread, one victim was beheaded at the stadium

 

[Roadkill]

Nah, if it's revenge it implies they can organise something this massive in mere hours.

Or, possibly, that it's a pre-prepared plan that could be activated at short notice.

Fucking horrific.

 

[aqua]

Fucking horrific is as far as I've got.

 

[Orang Utan]

too much grisly speculation

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

too much grisly speculation

We don't have control over the situation to do much else.

 

[Treacle Toes]

According to the reddit live thread, one victim was beheaded at the stadium

 

[mauvais]

and now reports of shooting in les Halles

Source? Les Halles is in the 3eme, would probably mean a whole extra location.

Edit: 1eme actually, next door

 

[Orang Utan]

We don't have control over the situation to do much else.

i suppose. best not though.

 

[gaijingirl]

Source? Les Halles is in the 3eme, would probably mean a whole extra location.

I'm reading the feed at Liberation:

Fusillades en cours dans le Xe et le XIe arrondissement de Paris, 18 morts

eta... obviously I hope it's an erroneous report.

 

[Manter]

Shit, whatever this turns out to be, and even if the worst reports are exaggerated, this is utterly utterly horrific.

 

[Manter]

I'm reading the feed at Liberation:

Fusillades en cours dans le Xe et le XIe arrondissement de Paris, 18 morts

Ditto. Hey are saying 10th and 11th - not 3rd

 

[Maurice Picarda]

Shooting now in place de la republique, according to person on Twitter quoted on Reddit.