Coordinate terror attacks in the heart of Paris have at least 150 people dead and scores injured. Dead bodies littered the streets of the French capital after terrorists killed at least 11 in a shootout in a Korean restaurant on the Rue Bichat. Another 15 in the Paris Bataclan concert hall where terrorists are said to be holding more than 100 people hostage.They detonated their explosive vests when police raided the theatre to rescue the hostages .
Terrorists also launched a total of six coordinated attacks at high profile sites, including the Louvre art gallery and the Les Halles shopping centre.
The gunmen shouted ‘Allah Akbar’ and opened fire when they burst into the theatre, one witness said. There were also two explosions outside the Stade de France sports stadium where the French football team are playing a friendly match against Germany tonight.Two two suicide bombers blew themselves up near the Stade de France where the French football team was playing Germany. ISIS supporters have been celebrating online.
These are the deadliest attacks in Europe since the 2004 Madrid bombings.
French President Francois Hollande, visibly shaken, called Friday night's almost simultaneous attacks "a horror" and vowed to wage a "merciless" fight against terrorism.
Paris saw three days of attacks in early January, when Islamist gunmen murdered 18 people after attacking satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, a Jewish supermarket and a policewoman on patrol.
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