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At least 153 killed in Paris gunfire and blasts, French officials say - UPDATED-2 - VÄ°DEO

At least 153 killed in Paris gunfire and blasts, French officials say - <span style="color: red;">UPDATED-2 - <span style="color: red;">VÄ°DEO

14 November 2015 04:01 (UTC +04:00)

Among the victims, 112 were killed at the Bataclan concert venue, according to the Interior Ministry. Four attackers were killed, including three of them who were wearing explosive belts, at Bataclan during the police raid, Paris police spokesman Michel Cadot told France Info radio on Saturday.

Saint-Denis is home to the national stadium where the match was being played.

On a night when thousands of Paris residents and tourists were reveling and fans were enjoying a soccer match between France and world champion Germany, horror struck in an unprecedented manner. Terrorists - some with AK-47s, some reportedly with bombs strapped to them - attacked sites throughout the French capital and at the stadium where the soccer match was underway. Scores were killed in the coordinated attacks late Friday, leaving a nation in mourning and the world in shock.

Five suspected attackers have been "neutralized", the Paris prosecutor's office said Saturday, French media reported. It was unclear what that term precisely meant. Michael Dorio, brother of a member of the band that was playing at the Bataclan concert venue said he spoke to his brother, Eagles of Death Metal drummer Julian Doris, on the phone 20-30 minutes after the attack. "He said he had been performing and heard the gunshots. They stopped playing and hit the deck and went backstage and exited," Michael Dorio told CNN.

CNN affiliate BFMTV reports that SWAT units stormed the Bataclan concert hall and that the siege was over. Two attackers were killed, a police union said. Police brought out at least 100 hostages from the concert hall, a CNN producer said; some appear to be wounded.

President Francois Hollande told reporters outside Bataclan that "terrorists capable of carrying out such atrocities must know that they will face a France that is determined and united."

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05:16

Baku-APA. At least 140 people have been killed in multiple shootings and explosions in the French capital Paris, APA reports quoting Press TV.

A gunman opened fire at the Petit Cambodge restaurant in the city’s 11th district on Friday night, killing four people, Liberation daily reported.

Citing an eyewitness, the newspaper said that at least 100 rounds were fired at the restaurant.