Coordinated attacks in Paris.. Good luck France..
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Coordinated attacks in Paris.. Good luck France..
News is saying suicide bombers (plural), mentioned grenades, shootings at multiple locations and now they have 60 hostages in a concert hall. Talking 18 dead at the moment.
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As we try to make sense of exactly what is going on, The Telegraph's David Chazan has this summary of what we know:
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/...s_1817837a.gif 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.
Prayers for the victims.
Religion of peace, my ass!
The bad thing is they are saying that no one has been captured yet. I take it the bombers blew themselves up but the guys with grenades and AKs may still be wandering around.
Wonder how many terrorists they have here to deal with?
Same general neighborhood has last one in January.... They attack mostly liberals hipsters... oh the irony.... The Bataclan (a club/concert hall) is often rented for bar mitsva parties and other jewish celebrations. Lets hope it wasn't one tonight.
There was a concert going on tonight, and apparently there are 60 people being held hostage there.Quote:
Originally Posted by ruthabagah
Hoping they resolve it w/o much more loss of life.. may this be a wake up call.
Obama said this doesn't happen in other countries, not possible.
..............lol. Yeah, sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monky