The Latest: Paris Attack
By AP, 13 November 2015
PARIS (AP) — The latest on shootings and explosions in Paris. (all times local in Paris):
10:40 p.m. Officials say Prime Minister David Cameron & President Obama have been briefed
RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATIVE CROP - Medics attend the scene as victims lay on the pavement outside a Paris restaurant, Friday, Nov. 13, 2015. Police officials in France on Friday report multiple terror incidents, including shootings, explosions and hostage taking, leaving many dead. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
10:35 p.m.
Hundreds of people spilled onto the field of the Stade de France stadium after explosions were heard nearby during a friendly match between the French and German national soccer teams.
A stadium announcer made an announcement over the loudspeaker after the match, telling fans to avoid certain exits "due to events outside," without elaborating.
At first that prompted some panic, but then the crowds just walked dazed, hugging each other and looking at their phones for the latest news of the violence.
Many appeared hesitant to leave amid the uncertainty after France's deadliest attacks in decades.
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10:22 p.m.
Social media posts from purported ISIS supporters could indicate that "there was a group waiting for this, but it could be a group watching,"
"I don't think we can say this proves anything, but again it supports the idea that it's terrorism,"
John Cohen, a former Homeland Security Department counterterrorism coordinator, say the presence of multiple attack scenes at the same time suggested a coordinated effort to "send a message" and raises immediate terror concerns, including for other cities in Europe and potentially the United States as well. He said both Al Qaida and ISIS have relied on the strategy of coordinated attacks in the past.
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10:14 p.m.
A Paris police official said there were at least 100 hostages in a Paris theater following shooting and explosions at two cites in the city.
Multiple officials, including one medical official, put the number of dead at between 35 to 40 people.
All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to be publicly named according to police policy.
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10:10 p.m.
DHS officials are in contact with their foreign counterparts amid reports of multiple shootings and explosions in Paris.
Police officials in France say at least 40 people have been killed and a hostage-taking situation is underway at a theater.
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10:00 p.m.
Two police officials say that people have been killed in shootings and explosions around Paris, in the deadliest violence in France in decades.
One of the police officials said 11 people were killed in a Paris restaurant in the 10th arrondissement and about 15 killed in the Bataclan theater, where a hostage-taking is under way.
Police officers secure a street outside the Stade de France stadium after the international friendly soccer France against Germany, Friday, 13 Nov. , 2015 in Saint Denis, outside Paris. People have been killed in shootings and explosions around Paris, in the deadliest violence in France in decades. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)