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Paris siege: Man posts live updates from inside Bataclan venue as hostages were shot 'one by one' | Paris siege: Man posts live updates from inside Bataclan venue as hostages were shot 'one by one' |
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A man posted live updates on Facebook from inside the Bataclan music venue as hostages were shot "one by one". | A man posted live updates on Facebook from inside the Bataclan music venue as hostages were shot "one by one". |
One of the best-known music venues in Paris, the Bataclan was hosting California-based rock-band Eagles of Death Metal. Around | One of the best-known music venues in Paris, the Bataclan was hosting California-based rock-band Eagles of Death Metal. Around |
The attackers first targeted cafes outside the venue with machine gun fire, then went inside and opened fire on the panicked audience, according to the Paris police chief. | The attackers first targeted cafes outside the venue with machine gun fire, then went inside and opened fire on the panicked audience, according to the Paris police chief. |
"I'm still inside. On the first floor. Seriously injured!" Mr Cazenoves wrote on Facebook from inside the Bataclan. | "I'm still inside. On the first floor. Seriously injured!" Mr Cazenoves wrote on Facebook from inside the Bataclan. |
"It happened so fast. There are survivors inside. They shot everyone. One by one." | "It happened so fast. There are survivors inside. They shot everyone. One by one." |
In another post, he wrote: "Alive. Just cuts... Carnage... Dead bodies everywhere." | In another post, he wrote: "Alive. Just cuts... Carnage... Dead bodies everywhere." |
Hostages were freed after a police raid on the venue, in which three terrorists detonated suicide bomb vests and one other was shot. | Hostages were freed after a police raid on the venue, in which three terrorists detonated suicide bomb vests and one other was shot. |
Mr Cazenoves posted: "A thought for all the people who didn't have 'my luck' tonight. A big thank you to RAID and the BIS." | Mr Cazenoves posted: "A thought for all the people who didn't have 'my luck' tonight. A big thank you to RAID and the BIS." |
(RAID stands for Research, Assistance, Intervention, Defence, a special operations unit of the French National Police. He also thanks the Brigade de recherche et d'intervention, elite police special forces of the French Ministry of the Interior.) | (RAID stands for Research, Assistance, Intervention, Defence, a special operations unit of the French National Police. He also thanks the Brigade de recherche et d'intervention, elite police special forces of the French Ministry of the Interior.) |
"Finally thank you for all your messages. Sending hugs." | "Finally thank you for all your messages. Sending hugs." |
President Hollande has said Isis had committed an "act of war" and insisted France would "triumph over barbarity". | President Hollande has said Isis had committed an "act of war" and insisted France would "triumph over barbarity". |
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