State of emergency declared across France after Paris shootings and explosions, dozens killed

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State of emergency declared across France after Paris shootings and explosions, dozens killed

November 14th, 2015

Awake Goy

Witnesses of the deadly attacks at the Bataclan are in tears on the radio. A man who was near Rue de Charonne said the scene was absolutely catastrophic. “I worked in hospitals, I studied medicine, and I’ve never seen anything like it. Me and son ran back to get some help, and literally ran into a number of bodies. It was a carnage. People were lying dead on the floor, badly hurt and screaming. I’ll never forget it.”

At the Bataclan, a popular and renowned concert venue, there hasn’t been any movement outside the building as of 11:45pm local time. Julian Peace, a Europe 1 journalist, who was inside when the attack happened, says two to three people, not wearing face masks, opened fire on the crowd with kalashnivoks. He says it lasted 10 to 15 minutes – so long that the assailants had the time to reload their weapons two or three times. The journalist was wounded.

At the Bataclan, France Inter journalist Antoine Giniaux says there
might be around 60 hostages – a lot of explosions have been heard from
inside the building over the last 20 minutes. Passersby are still held
in the street by the police and have nowhere to go.”