Dozens of people were killed in a series of assaults involving gunfire and explosions across the French capital Friday night, French police said.
Gunmen opened fire in one of the city’s busiest night-life districts leaving at least 30 people dead, police said. Authorities also said blasts occurred at Stade de France, the city’s soccer stadium.
The violence sent sirens blaring across the city as police and emergency workers rushed to the scenes of the attacks. Police said the attackers were still at large.
“An unprecedented terrorist attack is underway,†Mr. Hollande said in a TV address to the nation. “This is horror.â€
The gunmen allegedly opened fire at Petit Camboge, a restaurant, and stormed the popular concert hall Bataclan, opening fire and taking hostages, police said.
A 25-year-old woman who was inside Bataclan at the time of the attack said gunmen wielding automatic rifles sprayed the concert hall with gunfire, pausing to recharge their weapons. The gunmen were wearing black-and-white keffiyehs, she said.
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