Saturday, November 14, 2015

Paris attack witness: 'The bodies everywhere'

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Those who survived out of the Bataclan concert hall in Paris. Getty Images

More than 120 people were killed in the attack which occurred in several places in Paris. Witnesses deeply shocked by these events convey their testimony to the media:



'The bodies everywhere'

Julien Pierce, a journalist on Europe 1 radio, was in the Bataclan concert hall when the shooting occurred. In a report published through radio sites, Pierce said "Gunmen entered into the concert hall. Two or men, do not use masks, entered into with weapons such as Kalashnikovs and firing into the crowd".

"It happened at least 10-15 minutes. It was very violent and frantic atmosphere. The attackers had enough time to fill (their weapons) at least three times. They are still very young.

"The bodies exist everywhere".

'Shooting into the crowd'

A witness who came out of the Bataclan concert hall said the attackers had been "fired into the crowd with a semi-automatic weapon," as FranceInfo.

'We're trying to run, a lot of blood everywhere. "

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Survivors using a blood-stained shirt in the area Bataclan concert hall.

'Very terrible'

Ben Grant was at the bar with his wife when one of the shootings occurred. He said they watched six or seven jenezah was on the floor and we were told that the shots came from the car.

"A lot of people who were killed. To be honest it was terrible ... I was in the back of the bar. I can not see anything," he said.

"I heard shooting. People fell to the floor. We took a table to protect us.

"We're stuck in the bar because there was a pile of corpses in front of us."

'We heard two loud explosions'

Liberation newspaper quoting Vincent, a journalist who was in the Stade de France when France against Germany in a friendly international football.

"We heard two explosions when the first round takes place and then a smaller explosion sounds back. A helicopter is above the stadium," he said.

"The game was like not happen, but we follow it all through Twitter, especially the fact that President Hollande has been evacuated though none of us who see him go. I do not see the second half. There was an announcement that the audience had to exit through the southern part , north and west, but five minutes later many of them were returned.

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Survivors in the attack in front of the Paris Bataclan concert hall. Reuters

(source: bbc)
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