Paris attacks: 43 killed, fire officials say; police trying to free hostages UPDATE attackers killed
Source: CNN
UPDATE:
The Associated Press @AP 5m5 minutes ago
BREAKING: Police: Assault on Paris concert hall with hostages is over, at least 2 attackers killed.
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[Latest developments, posted at 6:53 p.m. ET]
• Several groups of police have burst into the Bataclan concert venue and a series of denotations have been heard from outside, a CNN producer said. A series of gunfire has been heard. Police have brought out at least 100 hostages, some appear to be wounded.
• At least 43 people are confirmed dead in multiple attacks across Paris, firefighters said early Saturday. CNN affiliate BFMTV reported earlier as many as 60 people had been killed.
• President Francois Hollande called the events "unprecedented terrorist attacks" and added, "This is a horror. "
• French radio reporter Julien Pearce was inside the Bataclan theater when gunmen entered. Two men dressed in black started shooting what he described as AK-47s, and after wounded people fell to the floor, the two gunmen shot them again, execution-style, he said. The two men didn't wear masks and didn't say anything. The gunfire lasted 10 to 15 minutes, sending the crowd inside the small concert hall into a screaming panic, said Pearce, who escaped. He said he saw 20 to 25 bodies lying on the floor. The hostage situation at the Bataclan continued early Saturday.
• One of the explosions at the Stade de France outside Paris appears to be a suicide bombing, a Western intelligence source receiving direct intelligence from the scene told CNN's Deb Feyerick. A dismembered body, consistent with the aftermath of an explosion from that type of device, was found at the scene, the source said.
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An attack on culture as well as France.
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