The world watched in horror as coordinated terrorist attacks
killed scores of people -- concertgoers and restaurant diners --
in Paris on Friday night. Here's what we know about what's happening:
— The
Islamic State on Saturday claimed responsibility for the attacks, which
took place in at least six sites. French President Francois Hollande described the assaults as “an act of war." At least 129 people were killed.
— Of those killed, 89 died after terrorists stormed the Bataclan concert hall, where a California rock band, Eagles of Death Metal, were performing.
—
"You think . . . what was that. You get down. You find yourself between
dead bodies. You are afraid, you don't know what's happening – it's
like you are in a dream. You go out onto the street there is no one, but
there is blood everywhere," one witness from the scene at the concert hall recalled.
— One of the dead was an American, Nohemi Gonzalez, 20, a college student from California State University in Long Beach,
— Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins said that the seven terrorists who carried out the attacks are dead.
— In addition to the Bataclan, gunman attacked at least two restaurants and the Stade de France, a huge sports stadium in the north of the city.
At least 35 people were killed Friday in shootings and explosions
around Paris, many of them in a popular concert hall where patrons were
taken hostage, police and medical officials said. (Nov. 13)
AP
more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/11/13/paris-attacks-what-we-know-now/75736386/
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