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Shootings reported in eastern Paris – live Paris: shootings and explosions at restaurant, concert hall and Stade de France – live
(35 minutes later)
10.09pm GMT22:09
This image, tweeted on Friday evening, purports to show bodies near the Bataclan, where Eagles of Death Metal were playing.
“Bedsheets were thrown from the windows to cover them”, the tweet reads.
Des corps étendus au 10 rue Charonne. Des draps sont jetés par les fenêtres pr couvrir les corps #fusillade #Paris pic.twitter.com/0GeQ1SNfij
10.04pm GMT22:04
PM: I am shocked by events in Paris tonight. Our thoughts and prayers are with the French people. We will do whatever we can to help.
10.04pm GMT22:04
Purportedly, an explosion near the France-Germany football match is audible on this footage of the game.
10.00pm GMT22:00
French police: At least 26 people are dead in a spree of violence around Paris. There is also a hostage taking under way in a theatre.
Updated at 10.02pm GMT
9.55pm GMT21:55
Confirmed locations of where the shootouts in the 10th and 11th arrondissements and where the series of explosions outside the Stade de France occurred.
Updated at 10.02pm GMT
9.49pm GMT21:49
Witness Ben Grant said he was in a bar with his wife when the gunshots were fired and he saw six or seven bodies on the ground. 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. 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.”
Updated at 9.59pm GMT
9.45pm GMT21:45
#BREAKING Hostages taken at Paris Bataclan concert hall, police say
9.45pm GMT21:45
Angelique Chrisafis
My colleague Angelique Chrisafis reports from the French capital:
Paris has been hit by a series of explosions and shootings tonight, killing at least 18 people.
Police officials confirmed that there had been a shootout at a Paris restaurant in the 10th arrondissement amid busy Friday night bars and cafés. Then another shootout took place near the Bataclan concert venue in the nearby 11th arrondissment. Hostages have been taken at the Bataclan, police confirmed to AFP.
At around the same time, there was a series of explosions outside the Stade de France, north of Paris, during a France-Germany friendly football match. The French president François Hollande was at the match and was evacuated from the stadium to the French interior ministry for a crisis meeting.
A police official confirmed to Associated Press that there had been one explosion in a bar near the stadium.
Updated at 9.52pm GMT
9.34pm GMT21:349.34pm GMT21:34
The French paper Libération reports that several people were killed in one shooting in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, an area to the north of the city. Its reporter on the scene says that there were at least two shooters who may have opened fire in a bar, before fleeing. The French paper Libération reports that several people were killed in one shooting in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, an area to the north of the city. Its reporter on the scene says that there were at least two shooters, who may have opened fire in a bar, before fleeing.
The paper reports that a second shooting took place at the Bataclan, a popular music venue about 15 minutes’ walk to the south.The paper reports that a second shooting took place at the Bataclan, a popular music venue about 15 minutes’ walk to the south.
The 10th includes the city’s main train stations: the Gare du Nord and the Gare de l’Est. The paper reports that the shootings there took place to the east of those stations, on the opposite side of the Canal Saint Martin, near Rue Bichat.The 10th includes the city’s main train stations: the Gare du Nord and the Gare de l’Est. The paper reports that the shootings there took place to the east of those stations, on the opposite side of the Canal Saint Martin, near Rue Bichat.
Libé adds that, almost simultaneously, three explosions were heard near Stade de France and the French President François Hollande has left. Libération adds that, almost simultaneously, three explosions were heard near Stade de France and the French president François Hollande has left.
It is not yet known if the incidents are linked.It is not yet known if the incidents are linked.
Updated at 9.34pm GMT Updated at 9.40pm GMT
9.23pm GMT21:239.23pm GMT21:23
The Associated Press reports that a shootout has taken place in a restaurant in Paris with fatalities reported.The Associated Press reports that a shootout has taken place in a restaurant in Paris with fatalities reported.
First pictures of the #Paris shootout. Reports gun fire is still being heard. + Explosion heard at Stade de #France pic.twitter.com/llhXIDZ8KBFirst pictures of the #Paris shootout. Reports gun fire is still being heard. + Explosion heard at Stade de #France pic.twitter.com/llhXIDZ8KB
Separately, the agency reports that there has been an explosion in a bar near the Stade de France - to the north of the city. It is unclear whether anyone was hurt in that incident. The French football team are playing Germany at the stadium this evening.Separately, the agency reports that there has been an explosion in a bar near the Stade de France - to the north of the city. It is unclear whether anyone was hurt in that incident. The French football team are playing Germany at the stadium this evening.
Updated at 9.28pm GMTUpdated at 9.28pm GMT