Looks like a series of pre-planned coordinated terrorist attacks happening in different places throughout Paris.
Also a reported hostage situation at the Paris Bataclan concert hall.
18 killed in central Paris according to another report.
A possible response to the killing of Jihadi John by a U.S. drone strike?
Two explosions were heard outside the Stade de France stadium north of Paris during a France-Germany friendly football match.
French president Hollande evacuated from soccer stadium.
Continuing…..
#BREAKING Several shootings in Paris. Photo: Dominique Faget #AFP #Paris pic.twitter.com/oGBSkCezDK
— AFP Photo Department (@AFPphoto) November 13, 2015
MORE UPDATES:
What’s at the Bataclan concert hall tonight, at least according to Google. pic.twitter.com/u5BZhWuAM0
— Josh Greenman (@joshgreenman) November 13, 2015
Eyewitness Ben Grant said he was in a bar with his wife when the gunshots were fired and he had seen six or seven bodies on the ground. He told the BBC: “I was told people in cars had opened fire on the bar. “There are lots of dead people. It’s pretty horrific to be honest. I was at the back of the bar. I couldn’t see anything. I heard gunshots. People dropped to the ground. We put a table over our heads to protect us. “We were held up in the bar because there was a pile of bodies in front of us.”
CNN reporting that the shootings were at three places.
BREAKING: Police: At least 26 dead in violence around Paris, hostage-taking in theater.
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 13, 2015
This Vine reportedly captures the explosion noise during the soccer game:
Shocking images from the French stadium, where a soccer match was being played at that moment #Parispic.twitter.com/n7iu0qZRJr
— Farhan Khan Virk (@FarhanKVirk) November 13, 2015
ABC News adds that 60 hostages are believed to be held in what is being described as “an ongoing situation.” AP and Sky News saying it is 100 at Bataclan concert being held hostage.
#Bataclan escapees describe “pools of blood,” say attackers used pump-action shotgun against crowd of people inside – @JeremyCliffe #Paris
— World Aggregate News (@WAGGNews) November 13, 2015
Shots heard a couple minutes ago outside Bataclan concert hall
#Video: Gunshots heard at #Bataclan concert hall – Godzilla Firebox #Paris https://t.co/r1KebbBkUG
— World Aggregate News (@WAGGNews) November 13, 2015
LATE UPDATE:
158 dead. Probably still going to go up. Over 100 killed in the theater before the police finally entered and killed the gunmen. A total of 6 separate terrorist incidents in Paris tonight.
Quel tragedie.