Paris Attacked Again - Moved to P&C

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18 Reportedly Dead.

Elemia is ok - although she has said that the death toll locally is being reported closer to 30.

sh*t.

Elima, you ok?

I tweeted her when I saw - she's ok, and at home.

The numbers seem to be rising by the moment, and there's an apparent hostage situation as well at a theater. Just awful.

Reports of as many as 100 hostages in a theatre now coming through, though it's not yet clear who's responsible for the attack or what agenda they have. Regardless who the attackers are, I hope that the French authorities are able to bring this to a conclusion that doesn't end in more bloodshed

I am not feeling terribly optimistic on that front, but would love to be wrong.

OMG! There were reports on the news yesterday about something maybe being planned. I hate that people do crap like this, I hope the casualties stay as low as possible, and the criminals are caught.

Yeah, the situation in Paris keeps getting worse. People are using #PorteOuverte to organize on Twitter.

Yeah, reports of up to 100 hostages in a theater. So far the BBC seems to have the best coverage:

http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-e...

Veloxi wrote:

Yeah, reports of up to 100 hostages in a theater. So far the BBC seems to have the best coverage:

http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-e...

It's a theater where the Eagles of Death Metal were apparently playing, am seeing reports there are 35 dead in that theater alone, plus other fatalities elsewhere. Jesus.

French president announces state of emergency, closing of the borders. France 24 has an excellent English livestream.

http://www.france24.com/en/livefeed

MilkmanDanimal wrote:
Veloxi wrote:

Yeah, reports of up to 100 hostages in a theater. So far the BBC seems to have the best coverage:

http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-e...

It's a theater where the Eagles of Death Metal were apparently playing, am seeing reports there are 35 dead in that theater alone, plus other fatalities elsewhere. Jesus.

A witness who apparently escaped described it inside as "blood everywhere," and that gunmen simply opened up on the crowd inside.

f*ck.

My thoughts are with everyone in Paris tonight

F*ck. This is horrible.

Thanks gang, we're okay, we were home tucking the kids in bed and I then went on to play some StarCraft 2 when Zoso gave me the heads up on what was going on. This is bad, this is really bad. My friends are all safe, even though one of them is still out and about. Just... ugh, this is so freaking awful. They're saying the death toll is at least 60 now.

f*ck sh*t people, what the hell can we do here? I've been trying to be tolerant and understanding and saying sh*t like this isn't representative but if this is ISIS or whatever again I'm almost to the point of lets just nuke the entire arabian peninsula to glass and let Allah sort it out...

Suicide bombs, gunman driving around shooting at people, a concert attacked, possible shots fired at the Louvre... This is Paris' 9/11. Very sad.

Eleima wrote:

Thanks gang, we're okay, we were home tucking the kids in bed and I then went on to play some StarCraft 2 when Zoso gave me the heads up on what was going on. This is bad, this is really bad. My friends are all safe, even though one of them is still out and about. Just... ugh, this is so freaking awful. They're saying the death toll is at least 60 now.

Glad to hear you and yours are safe. Can't imagine what it feels like to be over there right now.

Damn, this has not been the best year for Paris for sure...

Eleima wrote:

Thanks gang, we're okay

Relieved.

Eleima, glad you are safe. I don't know what it is, maybe because I've been to Paris several times, but this has really gotten to me. Stay safe, please.

So upset I posted twice...

tanstaafl wrote:

f*ck sh*t people, what the hell can we do here? I've been trying to be tolerant and understanding and saying sh*t like this isn't representative but if this is ISIS or whatever again I'm almost to the point of lets just nuke the entire arabian peninsula to glass and let Allah sort it out...

Not sure what the best solution to the existence of organizations like ISIS is (regardless whether they're responsible for today's attack), but I'm pretty sure that is not it.

Yeah, I know. Just having an emotional response to the frustration I'm feeling here...

You can hear one of the explosions here.

It's pretty bad. Three or four places where people were bound to be that were attacked.
Horrible.

Live feed in English

Apparently the police just assulted the concert. Looks like people are leaving now but looks like another suicide bombing

That was a fairly decisive response. The French special forces have always been pretty good, though.

This is beyond awful. The fact that people think they can use innocent lives to make some kind of political or religious point makes me sick to my stomach.

Man, we thought it was bad when we had a lone sheep take about 30 hostages solo this year, we lost two innocent lives and our country felt it was a tragedy. That tragedy of such magnitude has struck Paris yet again gives me great sadness. Thankfully my Parisian relatives are safe, and good to hear Eleima is also well.

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