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Paris tragedy: terrorist assaults within the French capital

Fear of the unknown

After the match, at some exits from the stadium, at first there was panic, then confusion: the police and safety officers, for safety causes, couldn’t launch those that got here to the match for a very long time till the state of affairs within the metropolis was lastly cleared up.

Paris tragedy: terrorist assaults within the French capital

A nightmare in a live performance corridor

The terrorists, judging by the reconstruction of occasions, concurrently carried out six totally different assaults: three explosions on the stadium, capturing of individuals in eating places and on the streets of Paris, in addition to the bloodiest assault – on the membership and the Bataclan live performance corridor.

Paris tragedy: terrorist assaults within the French capital

Eyewitness testimony

Julien Pierce, a journalist from the Europe 1 radio station, was additionally within the corridor filled with spectators: “Several armed folks ran in, two or three with out masks, they’d weapons just like Kalashnikovs. They began capturing indiscriminately on the crowd. This lasted 10-Quarter-hour. There was a horrible panic. They had sufficient time to reload their weapons not less than 3 times. They have been very younger. “

Paris tragedy: terrorist assaults within the French capital

Quick assault

The Paris police shortly handled the terrorists who, in response to preliminary estimates, shot as much as 100 guests within the Bataclan, by storming the live performance corridor. During the assault, there have been no casualties. The whole variety of injured reaches 200 folks. At least 128 folks died, in response to official figures.

Paris tragedy: terrorist assaults within the French capital

Emergency throughout the nation

The President of France, who on the night of November 13 watched a soccer match between the nationwide group of his nation and the nationwide group of Germany, left the stadium and urgently known as the disaster headquarters. The nation’s management took an unprecedented step, for the primary time after the Second World War, declaring a particularly excessive state of affairs all through France and introducing border controls.

Paris tragedy: terrorist assaults within the French capital

Horrible evening

The evening from Friday to Saturday was horrible for a lot of residents of Paris: capturing and explosions in varied elements of town, reviews of dozens of victims. “The total metropolis was lit up by the alarming lights of the police flashing lights,” a German TV correspondent ARD stated dwell. Many metro stations have been closed, however folks have been already afraid to make use of the subway.

Paris tragedy: terrorist assaults within the French capital

Army and particular forces in Paris

Paris survived the evening and morning in an emergency mode: checks on the roads, at airports, at railway stations. To guarantee the security of town, 1,500 troopers of the French military are concerned, in addition to particular forces. Many public locations have been closed – colleges, universities, museums, libraries, swimming swimming pools and vegetable markets.

Author: Mikhail Bushuev