Dozens of people were feared dead and scores taken hostage in a series of violent terror attacks in Paris, France, with one of the reported targets the music venue where EAGLES OF DEATH METAL were playing. It’s being reported that at least 100 hostages have been taken hostage at the Bataclan concert and a number of people killed. According to multiple early reports, several hostages have reportedly escaped from the concert venue, although dozens remained inside. An eyewitness told CNN that he saw at least 20 dead bodies at the concert venue.
There are reportedly between six and eight attackers in the Bataclan looking for concertgoers who are in hiding. They also say that there is a shootout in the street, with police “firing at a rooftop position near the venue.” The BBC‘s quotes the friend of a French journalist who escaped the theater as saying that they gunmen mentioned Syria during the attack.
The mother of one of the EAGLES OF DEATH METAL members tells the Washington Post her son and other band members have escaped, although some crew remain trapped as hostages.
Des corps étendus au 10 rue Charonne. Des draps sont jetés par les fenêtres pr couvrir les corps #fusillade #Paris pic.twitter.com/0GeQ1SNfij
— Sylvain BOHRER (@sylvainbohrer) November 13, 2015
Fonte: Blabbermouth.net