140+ DEAD IN SERIES OF TERROR ATTACKS IN FRANCE

<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6PNqajHwKdpYLkQ1CmVQXazJDDBJDv19b9WmxN6F0ubeRG0bmzV_9EmRiHI8kzFFoLzTlz5KkkWNEpbtPRcs5yTN18m69Svn_UkZcmHoGhtgHEenwKI4u5H73UoCD2FIl4TDPU9zKeuY/s1600/00000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6PNqajHwKdpYLkQ1CmVQXazJDDBJDv19b9WmxN6F0ubeRG0bmzV_9EmRiHI8kzFFoLzTlz5KkkWNEpbtPRcs5yTN18m69Svn_UkZcmHoGhtgHEenwKI4u5H73UoCD2FIl4TDPU9zKeuY/s640/00000.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">A series of coordinated terror attacks in the heart of Paris have left at least 60 dead and paralysed the French capital with fear.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At least 11 were killed in a restaurant shootout and another 15 at the Bataclan concert hall where terrorists are said to be holding 100 people hostage.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Two loud explosions were heard outside the Stade de France sports stadium where the French football team was playing a friendly match against Germany. U.S. security officials believe the attacks were coordinated. </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-bold" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Scroll down for video </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-bold" style="font-size: 10px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em;"><br /></span></div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="At least 26 people have been killed and at least seven wounded in terror attacks in central Paris tonight, it has been reported" class="blkBorder img-share" height="490" id="i-655bd2e3f2f3681d" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/21/2E6C84E600000578-3317776-image-m-37_1447451901151.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At least 26 people have been killed and at least seven wounded in terror attacks in central Paris tonight, it has been reported</span></div> </div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Bodies litter the streets of a Paris alley after a string of terror attacks in the French capital tonight " class="blkBorder img-share" height="424" id="i-d031b9ab3376a78f" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/21/2E6C8B2C00000578-3317776-image-a-43_1447451952970.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bodies litter the streets of a Paris alley after a string of terror attacks in the French capital tonight </span></div> </div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Victims lay on the pavement outside Paris restaurant following a terror attack in the French capital tonight" class="blkBorder img-share" height="423" id="i-7a4c2a526b7cea2" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6C9FD000000578-3317776-image-a-49_1447452532686.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Victims lay on the pavement outside Paris restaurant following a terror attack in the French capital tonight</span></div> </div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Two police officials said at least 11 people were killed in the restaurant shootout in Paris tonight" class="blkBorder img-share" height="437" id="i-4ecdeda4086c8f8b" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6C9FB000000578-3317776-image-a-50_1447452538240.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Two police officials said at least 11 people were killed in the restaurant shootout in Paris tonight</span></div> </div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="People run after hearing what is believed to be explosions or gun shots near Place de la Republique square in Paris" class="blkBorder img-share" height="422" id="i-a5f21ffa5abaca50" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6C9B9400000578-3317776-image-a-57_1447454072163.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">People run after hearing what is believed to be explosions or gun shots near Place de la Republique square in Paris</span></div> </div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Machine gun fire and screams were heard from inside a restaurant on Rue Bichat, close to where the Charlie Hebdo shootings occurred in January" class="blkBorder img-share" height="762" id="i-423f3e9e00409bf5" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/21/2E6C70CE00000578-3317776-image-a-31_1447451363862.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Machine gun fire and screams were heard from inside a restaurant on Rue Bichat, close to where the Charlie Hebdo shootings occurred in January</span></div> </div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="At least 11 people were killed in the restaurant, close to where the Charlie Hebdo shootings occurred in January, and another 15 killed in the theatre" class="blkBorder img-share" height="412" id="i-79eae0482ecc6fdd" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/21/2E6C8EE400000578-3317776-image-a-38_1447451921328.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At least 11 people were killed in the restaurant, close to where the Charlie Hebdo shootings occurred in January, and another 15 killed in the theatre</span></div> </div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="There was a shootout at a restaurant on the Rue Bichat, two explosions near the Stade de France sports stadium and another shooting at the Paris Bataclan concert hall tonight" class="blkBorder img-share" height="502" id="i-d8fb785547573957" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/21/2E6C846900000578-3317776-image-a-32_1447451564347.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There was a shootout at a restaurant on the Rue Bichat, two explosions near the Stade de France sports stadium and another shooting at the Paris Bataclan concert hall tonight</span></div> </div> <span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span> <br /> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A man who was inside the theatre when the gunmen entered told a French radio station that the men shouted 'Allah Akbar' as they opened fire. </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He added: '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. </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'I was only thinking of escaping. We're out now. I think people are still inside. It's a nightmare - a nightmare.' </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They also shouted, 'this is for Syria', another witness at the theatre claimed. </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'We are all terrified, and have been told to get away as soon as possible,' said Gilles Avel, a 19-year-old student who was enjoying a night out with friends close to the Bataclan, where a band called the Eagles of Death Metal was playing.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'There were shots and then lots of people running. We knew there was a rock concert going on in the Bataclan.' </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Anti-terrorist police and soldiers could be seen flooding into the area. There have been unconfirmed reports that the attacker near the stadium was a suicide bomber.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">An eyewitness said the two explosions were loud enough to be heard over the sound of cheering fans. Sirens were heard immediately and a helicopter was seen circling overhead.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Players briefly stopped in their tracks when they heard the twin blasts. 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padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A police officer stands guard on a street near the scene of a shooting in Paris, France</span></div> </div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Police and other emergency services are at the scene, which is close to where the Charlie Hebdo attack happened in January." class="blkBorder img-share" height="423" id="i-26be37f36e9c9b0e" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6C942800000578-3317776-image-a-45_1447452077498.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Police and other emergency services are at the scene, which is close to where the Charlie Hebdo attack happened in January.</span></div> </div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; 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margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Machine gun fire and screams were heard from inside a restaurant close to the Rue Bichat at around 9pm" class="blkBorder img-share" height="428" id="i-a12a3782207a267c" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6C8E8500000578-3317776-image-a-48_1447452278872.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Machine gun fire and screams were heard from inside a restaurant close to the Rue Bichat at around 9pm</span></div> </div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="There have been unconfirmed reports that the attacker near the Stade de France stadium was a suicide bomber" class="blkBorder img-share" height="410" id="i-5d509a9ea45a2031" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6CB53500000578-3317776-image-a-55_1447454033379.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There have been unconfirmed reports that the attacker near the Stade de France stadium was a suicide bomber</span></div> </div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; 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margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 636px !important;"> <video class="video-js vjs-default-skin" controls="" data-opts="{"useFreewheel":false,"linkBaseURL":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3317776/Machine-gun-fire-heard-central-Paris-police-flood-scene-not-far-Charlie-Hebdo-shootings.html#v-4305945089699459901","isMobile":false,"src":"http://video.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2015/11/13/4305945089699459901/1024x576_4305945089699459901.mp4","source":"AP","playerId":"default","title":"Police in Paris after violent attacks leave several dead","preload":"none","initialVideo":true,"thumbnail":"http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6CBBBE00000578-0-image-a-9_1447453602077.jpg","poster":"http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6CBBBE00000578-0-image-a-7_1447453598681.jpg","plugins":{"flyout":{},"autoplay-next-video":{"videos":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/api/player/1228974/related-videos.json","countdown_time":10},"related-videos":{"videos":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/api/player/1228974/related-videos.json"},"tracking":{"trackingType":"embedded","channelShortName":"news","sponsored":false,"referenceId":1228974},"social-share":{"embedUrl":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/embed/video/1228974.html"},"ads-setup":{"screen":{"width":636,"height":358},"videoAdServerUrl":"http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=[size]&iu=%2F5765%2Fdm.video%2Fdm_video_news&ciu_szs=&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=xml_vast3&unviewed_position_start=1&url=[referrer_url]&correlator=[timestamp]","adsEnabled":true,"useIMASDK":false,"adsCancelTimeout":5000},"sources":{"url":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/api/player/1228974/video-sources.json"}},"videoId":"4305945089699459901","descr":"Heavy police presence in Paris after violent attacks that leave several dead"}" preload="none" style="-webkit-user-select: none; bottom: 50px; color: #b1b1b1; font-size: 10px; height: calc(100% - 85px); left: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 36px; transition: opacity 200ms ease-in-out; vertical-align: middle; width: 636px;"></video></div> </div> </div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Machine gun fire and screams were heard from inside a restaurant on Rue Bichat at around 9pm</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">An AK47 gunman attacked a Korean restaurant in the Bastille area of the city, while grenade blasts were also heard.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Police and other emergency services are at the scene, which is close to where the Charlie Hebdo attack happened in January. </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Images posted online showed the cracked windows of what appeared to be the restaurant under attack. </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Dozens of people were standing outside their cars on the junction opposite and the lights of polie cars could be seen above them.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Eyewitness Ben Grant, who was in a nearby bar with his wife at the time, said he saw six or seven bodies on the ground.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">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. </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'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.'</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Emilioi Macchio from Italy was at a bar close to where the restaurant shooting took place, and said it 'sounded like fireworks'.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-size: 10px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em;"><br /></span></div> <div class="moduleFull mol-video" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="item" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <div class="vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col news" id="v-8787206301474864241" style="background-color: black; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 636px !important;"> <video class="video-js vjs-default-skin" controls="" data-opts="{"useFreewheel":false,"linkBaseURL":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3317776/Machine-gun-fire-heard-central-Paris-police-flood-scene-not-far-Charlie-Hebdo-shootings.html#v-8787206301474864241","isMobile":false,"src":"http://video.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2015/11/13/8787206301474864241/1024x576_8787206301474864241.mp4","source":"Twitter","playerId":"default","title":"Breaking: Aftermath of Explosion at Stade de France","preload":"none","initialVideo":true,"thumbnail":"http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6CA56B00000578-0-image-a-19_1447452324969.jpg","poster":"http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6CA56B00000578-0-image-a-17_1447452322101.jpg","plugins":{"flyout":{},"autoplay-next-video":{"videos":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/api/player/1228972/related-videos.json","countdown_time":10},"related-videos":{"videos":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/api/player/1228972/related-videos.json"},"tracking":{"trackingType":"embedded","channelShortName":"news","sponsored":false,"referenceId":1228972},"social-share":{"embedUrl":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/embed/video/1228972.html"},"ads-setup":{"screen":{"width":636,"height":358},"videoAdServerUrl":"http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=[size]&iu=%2F5765%2Fdm.video%2Fdm_video_news&ciu_szs=&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=xml_vast3&unviewed_position_start=1&url=[referrer_url]&correlator=[timestamp]","adsEnabled":true,"useIMASDK":false,"adsCancelTimeout":5000},"sources":{"url":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/api/player/1228972/video-sources.json"}},"videoId":"8787206301474864241","descr":"Video shared on social media purportedly shows the aftermath of an explosion at the Stade de France just outside of Paris."}" preload="none" style="-webkit-user-select: none; bottom: 50px; color: #b1b1b1; font-size: 10px; height: calc(100% - 85px); left: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 36px; transition: opacity 200ms ease-in-out; vertical-align: middle; width: 636px;"></video></div> </div> </div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-size: 10px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em;"></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-size: 10px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em;"></span></div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="height: auto; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Images posted online showed the cracked windows of what appeared to be the restaurant under attack" class="blkBorder img-share" height="415" id="i-92358e272b96aa24" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/21/2E6C632F00000578-3317776-image-a-25_1447449962604.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Images posted online showed the cracked windows of what appeared to be the restaurant under attack</span></div> </div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="French officials said there was an explosion in a bar near a sports stadium as well as a shootout in a Paris" class="blkBorder img-share" height="471" id="i-3c708d91cd529eb6" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/21/2E6C632F00000578-3317776-image-m-27_1447449971580.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">French officials said there was an explosion in a bar near a sports stadium as well as a shootout in a Paris</span></div> </div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Police and other emergency services are at the scene, which is close to where the Charlie Hebdo attack happened in January " class="blkBorder img-share" height="423" id="i-d816ff7655d5cc71" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/21/2E6C641F00000578-3317776-image-a-28_1447450202028.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Police and other emergency services are at the scene, which is close to where the Charlie Hebdo attack happened in January </span></div> </div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Police and other emergency services are at the scene, which is close to where the Charlie Hebdo attack happened in January" class="blkBorder img-share" height="845" id="i-d77c7aad2b5c7fb3" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/21/2E6C642600000578-3317776-image-a-29_1447450677812.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Police and other emergency services are at the scene, which is close to where the Charlie Hebdo attack happened in January</span></div> </div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-size: 10px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em;"></span></div> <div class="moduleFull mol-video" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="item" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <div class="vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col news" id="v-1990479744642532613" style="background-color: black; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 636px !important;"> <video class="video-js vjs-default-skin" controls="" data-opts="{"useFreewheel":false,"linkBaseURL":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3317776/Machine-gun-fire-heard-central-Paris-police-flood-scene-not-far-Charlie-Hebdo-shootings.html#v-1990479744642532613","isMobile":false,"src":"http://video.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2015/11/13/1990479744642532613/1024x576_1990479744642532613.mp4","source":"Reuters","playerId":"default","title":"Fans rushed out of Stade de France following deadly explosion","preload":"none","initialVideo":true,"thumbnail":"http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6CCAC000000578-0-image-a-3_1447454319152.jpg","poster":"http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6CCAC000000578-0-image-a-1_1447454316344.jpg","plugins":{"flyout":{},"autoplay-next-video":{"videos":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/api/player/1228975/related-videos.json","countdown_time":10},"related-videos":{"videos":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/api/player/1228975/related-videos.json"},"tracking":{"trackingType":"embedded","channelShortName":"news","sponsored":false,"referenceId":1228975},"social-share":{"embedUrl":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/embed/video/1228975.html"},"ads-setup":{"screen":{"width":636,"height":358},"videoAdServerUrl":"http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=[size]&iu=%2F5765%2Fdm.video%2Fdm_video_news&ciu_szs=&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=xml_vast3&unviewed_position_start=1&url=[referrer_url]&correlator=[timestamp]","adsEnabled":true,"useIMASDK":false,"adsCancelTimeout":5000},"sources":{"url":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/api/player/1228975/video-sources.json"}},"videoId":"1990479744642532613","descr":"During a soccer match between France and Germany, explosions were heard near the Stade de France just outside Paris. Several people were killed in almost simultaneous attacks in Paris."}" preload="none" style="-webkit-user-select: none; bottom: 50px; color: #b1b1b1; font-size: 10px; height: calc(100% - 85px); left: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 36px; transition: opacity 200ms ease-in-out; vertical-align: middle; width: 636px;"></video></div> </div> </div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to be publicly named. </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Paris' deputy mayor said the attacks were a horrific reminder of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in January. </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">‘It's a heavy recollection of what happened in January (C. Hebdo). Now we are struck again. This is harder. I am shaken,’ he said. </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">David Cameron said that he was 'shocked by events in Paris' and pledged to do 'whatever we can to help', adding: 'Our thoughts and prayers are with the French people.'</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The restaurant targeted Friday, Le Carillon, is in the same general neighborhood as the Charlie Hebdo offices. </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">France has been on edge since ISIS extremists launched a bloody attack on the satirical newspaper and a kosher grocery that left 20 people - including the three attackers - dead.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo left 13 dead when two Paris born terrorists slaughtered its cartoonists and general staff members.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Four Jewish shoppers were also murdered in the same set of attacks inside a Kosher supermarket in nearby Vincennes. </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The French capital has been on a high state of alert ever since, with security services warning that another attack was always likely.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ISIS's online supporters have already started to celebrate the devastating attack in Paris, using the hashtag 'Paris in fire' on social media, but it has not been confirmed whether the terror group is behind the attacks.</span></div> <span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3317776/Machine-gun-fire-heard-central-Paris-police-flood-scene-not-far-Charlie-Hebdo-shootings.html#ixzz3rPmB6LMA" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3317776/Machine-gun-fire-heard-central-Paris-police-flood-scene-not-far-Charlie-Hebdo-shootings.html#ixzz3rPmB6LMA</a><br />Follow us: <a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=MailOnline" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@MailOnline on Twitter</a> | <a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rf?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=DailyMail" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">DailyMail on Facebook</a></span></span>

140+ DEAD IN SERIES OF TERROR ATTACKS IN FRANCE

A series of coordinated terror attacks in the heart of Paris have left at least 60 dead and paralysed the French capital with fear. A...

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