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Paris Shooting and Bombing

Plaid Pants2 — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 21:41:48 GMT

This is breaking news from CNN. Apparently, there was a bombing at a soccer stadium, a shooting at a restaurant, and now a hostage situation. At least 18 dead.

That's all I know.

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MaRina — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 21:44:32 GMT

Oh No

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MyGirlsMom — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 21:47:00 GMT

French and international media are reporting that multiple shooting attacks and bombings have occurred in Paris. According to initial reports, at least one gunman opened fire at a Paris restaurant. Police told the AFP wire service that at least 18 people were killed in the attack. Meanwhile, an explosion also occurred near the Stade de France, where the French national soccer team was playing against Germany. President Francois Hollande, who was attending the game, was evacuated according to French television station iTELE. At least one other shooting and explosion has been reported.

This is a developing news story, and details will be added as they become available.

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Caaareful Shopper — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 21:48:22 GMT

So far, explosions and/or shootings at four separate locations. The French President was at the soccer stadium, but they were able to get him away quickly and presumably unharmed.

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Burnsite — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 21:56:10 GMT

The AP is confirming 8 dead in two bombings. Outside a soccer venue and in a restaurant.

Awful, horrible, dreadful.

ETA: 18, not 8--sorry for typo.

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MyGirlsMom — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 21:53:32 GMT

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/11/13/world/europe/ap-eu-france-paris-shootings.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

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Stray — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 22:02:17 GMT

Deaths are up to 25; they are stating a terrorist attack. Hostages are being held and the French President was escorted to safety....cowards, killing innocent people

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brii — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 22:06:02 GMT

ISIS is claiming responsibility???

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MyGirlsMom — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 22:07:34 GMT

French president Francois Hollande and Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve have safely returned to the Interior Ministry, according to France 24. The outlet is reporting that there are 70 hostages at Bataclan.

French journalist Stefan de Vries said on Twitter that several grenades had exploded and that gunshots could be heard.

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Nancy Drew — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 22:07:49 GMT

Sickening. France doesn't deserve this. Time to get serious .

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HappyDaze — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 22:10:03 GMT

I was listening to NPR while driving and the breaking news of this was just coming in. They said it was at a restaurant though? I will have to google this. Just awful.

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Stray — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 22:10:24 GMT

@Jackaranda wrote:
Sickening. France doesn't deserve this. Time to get serious .

No Country deserves to have innocents murdered...very sad...the toll is up to 30...

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MyGirlsMom — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 22:10:50 GMT

At least 18 people were killed in an outbreak of explosions and at least one shootout in Paris Friday, according to police. It was unclear if the events were linked.

Police in Paris told NBC News that several people had been shot at a restaurant in the 10th arrondissement in Paris, around the same time as at least one other incident.

The Associated Press reported that two explosions were heard outside of the Stade de France north of Paris. France's football team was playing Germany's at the Stade de France at the time of the explosion.

A police official confirmed one explosion at a McDonald's near the stadium. The game was not stopped, police told NBC News.

Officers were being dispatched to sites around the 10th arrondissement, which is about four miles from the Stade de France, police told NBC News. It was unclear if the incidents were related.

France has been on edge since Islamic extremists attacked the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a kosher grocery store early this year. Twenty people, including three attackers, were left dead in the terror.

The restaurant targeted Friday, Le Carillon, is in the same general neighborhood as the Charlie Hebdo offices, according to the AP.

In August, a gunman armed with an AK-47 opened fire on an Amsterdam-to-Paris train in France before being subdued by passengers, including three Americans. Three people were injured.

Global security firm Flashpoint Intelligence said Friday that it had not seen any terror-related claims in the immediate aftermath of the string of violence. "We're definitely not seeing any claim from any group, we're not seeing any claim of response from any individuals," and there is very little chatter online, Laith Alkhouri, director of research and analysis for Middle East and North Africa for Flashpoint, said on MSNBC

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Stray — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 22:11:15 GMT

@HappyDaze wrote:
I was listening to NPR while driving and the breaking news of this was just coming in. They said it was at a restaurant though? I will have to google this. Just awful.

Multiple attacks in three places...

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HappyDaze — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 22:13:50 GMT

@Greenhouse wrote:
@HappyDaze wrote:
I was listening to NPR while driving and the breaking news of this was just coming in. They said it was at a restaurant though? I will have to google this. Just awful.
Multiple attacks in three places...

oh no!

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JustJazzmom — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 22:16:08 GMT

From combined news services:

PARIS - Two police officials said at least 26 people have been killed in shootings and explosions around Paris Friday, in the deadliest violence in France in decades.

A police official said 11 people were killed in a Paris restaurant in the 10th arrondissement, and about 15 killed in the Bataclan theater, where a hostage-taking is under way.

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HappyDaze — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 22:18:48 GMT

@JustJazzmom wrote:
From combined news services:
PARIS - Two police officials said at least 26 people have been killed in shootings and explosions around Paris Friday, in the deadliest violence in France in decades.
A police official said 11 people were killed in a Paris restaurant in the 10th arrondissement, and about 15 killed in the Bataclan theater, where a hostage-taking is under way.

oh no, it is still ongoing?! This is just awful.

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JustJazzmom — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 22:19:53 GMT

Looks like it is @HappyDaze

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Stray — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 22:20:51 GMT

@HappyDaze wrote:
@Greenhouse wrote:
@HappyDaze wrote:
I was listening to NPR while driving and the breaking news of this was just coming in. They said it was at a restaurant though? I will have to google this. Just awful.
Multiple attacks in three places...
oh no!

And 100 hostages at a concert hall...where an American band was playing

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HappyDaze — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 22:23:35 GMT

@Greenhouse wrote:
@HappyDaze wrote:
@Greenhouse wrote:
@HappyDaze wrote:
I was listening to NPR while driving and the breaking news of this was just coming in. They said it was at a restaurant though? I will have to google this. Just awful.
Multiple attacks in three places...
oh no!
And 100 hostages at a concert hall...where an American band was playing

This is heartbreaking. I need to turn on CNN and watch. Any idea who is behind it yet?