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posted by n1 on Saturday November 14 2015, @01:00AM   Printer-friendly

France has declared a national state of emergency and has closed its borders after at least 40 people were killed in multiple shootings in Paris.

At least 15 people were killed near the Bataclan arts centre, where up to 60 people are being held hostage. Explosions and gunfire are reported.

Three people were killed in an attack near the Stade de France, with some reports suggesting a suicide blast.

Paris authorities have urged people to stay indoors.

Military personnel are being deployed across Paris.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/11/13/455943961/violence-reported-in-paris
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/13/world/paris-shooting/index.html

Update #1 [BBC updates]:

Scores of people have been killed in multiple gun and bomb attacks in Paris

At least 100 people are reported to have died inside the Bataclan concert hall in central Paris

Others died in attacks near the Stade de France, where France were playing Germany, and at restaurants

France has declared a national state of emergency and has closed its borders

Paris residents have been asked to stay indoors and military personnel are being deployed across the city

[...] Reuters. quoting an un-named official at Paris City Hall, says the current death toll in Paris is around 140.

Update #2:

According to the Paris prosecutor, of the four assailants who died during the sidge at the Bataclan, three committed suicide by detonating explosive vests. The prosecutor has warned that some of their accomplices may "still be on the loose".

[...] Here is what French president François Hollande told reporters outside the Bataclan concert hall just now: "To all those who have seen these awful things, I want to say we are going to lead a war which will be pitiless. Because when terrorists are capable of committing such atrocities they must be certain that they are facing a determined France, a united France, a France that is together and does not let itself be moved, even if today we express infinite sorrow."


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Saturday November 14 2015, @03:55AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 14 2015, @03:55AM (#263034) Journal

    "I do not wish to lump people together"

    It matters little what you or I might wish. In a culture war, there will be two (or more) sides, and the side that you choose NOT to stand with will regard you as the enemy. Those who don't take any side will stand alone, with all factions targeting them.

    I am somewhat partial to western ways. If there is to be a culture war, then I will stand with the west - despite the fact that I know the west is terribly wrong in many cases.

    We can probably expect the modern day equivalent of a Crusade in the near future. And, the armies will be motivated by religious zealotry and hatred, just as the invaders of Europe are motivated by zealotry and hatred.

    I find it interesting that the media generally shows old men, old women, mothers, and children when when the cover the "refugees". Yet, the overwhelming percentage of "refugees" are military age males. Interview after interview, military age males tell a tale of woe, about how they came to Europe to make a home for the families they've left behind. Reporters eat that shit up because it makes for all kinds of feel-good reading. But the real story is "military aged male". The "refugee camps" are housing the vanguard of an invading army, it's really that simple.

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