Liputan6.com, Paris - The night of Friday 13th of November continued to darken as terrorist activity yield no signal of stopping following a series of horrifying incidents which have rocked the French capital to it's core. The repercussion is greater than ever with France's President Francois Hollande issuing immediate order of closures on national borders which further assures that the nation remains in a state of emergency hitherto.
Hundreds perished following a series of coordinated terrorist attacks within across the city of Paris. Terrors were presented in varying deadly form ranging from suicide bombings, hostage situation to massive - kalachnikov shooting directed at innocent civilians in a number of crowded places.
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Preliminary ‘Bang-Bang’ Attacks
The first attacks were reported to be in a form of shooting in 3 venues situated in a trendy Central Paris neighborhood Rue de Charonne and rue Alibert with one being in a restaurant called La Belle Equipe at 92 ru de Charonne, 11th district which led to the demise of 19 people. The second one being in a bar called the Carillonin not far from the Place de la Republique and the next thirs was fired in Le Petit Cambodge (Little Cambodia) 10th district restaurant just across the bar. As many as 12 people had to lose their lives due to the calamitous venture undertaken at around 9 on the night of Friday 13 November 2015, as cited in Independent.
Just a few blocks away from the shooting site, another gunman reportedly opened fire on diners who were enjoying supper on the terrace of La Casa Nostra Pizzeria rue de la Fontaine au Roi with 5 people biting the dust shortly after the catastrophic shootings.
Gunfire also broke out at a restaurant close to Rue Bichat, in the 10th arrondissement of the city soon after 9 pm.
Secondary ‘Boom-Boom’ Attacks
Just 50 minutes later following the devastating shootings, 2 disturbing explosions can be heard outside of Stade de France sports stadium in St Denis, located in the northern Paris during a friendly France-Germany soccer match in which France's President Francois Hollande attended. Despite such alarming simultaneous pounds outside of the stadium which hitherto believed to be the products of suicide bombers, the game continued in play until full-time.
According to Metro.co.uk, French President Francois Hollande was immediately taken out of the premise following the first loudly-heard explosion. Many of the spectators have already made their way out of the stadium after they heard the loud 'boom' but the rest stayed until the game ended with fans reportedly flocking onto the field and evacuated by local police afterwards in trying to safeguard them from potentiality of another terror.
Sound of Music turns to Sound of Terror…
Citing from Fox News, the popular Paris concert hall the Bataclan was packed with a sea of excited US rock band Eagles of Death Metal fans last night before 3 men wearing flak jackets started to wreck havoc with their AK-47s and explosives mercilessly aimed at the clueless crowd.
The people inside were initially held hostage by the perpetrators behind such pejorative scheme with hundreds stranded inside and several have managed to escape before the situation deteriorated. The unwanted massacre led to immediate death of scores of concert's attendees with 118 identified as the death toll so far.
Police force quickly entered the music venue and executed the gunmen who have been firing their Kalashnikov and frightening the concert's spectators. Although these three men have been confirmed dead, local police said earlier today that presence of accomplices remains a possibility and therefore continuing search is now underway. (Akp/Bob)