Paris attacks

France has declared a national state of emergency and tightened

borders after at least 120 people were killed in a night of gun and bomb
attacks in Paris.
Eighty people were reported killed after gunmen burst into the Bataclan concert
hall and took dozens hostage. The siege ended when security forces stormed the
building. People were shot dead at bars and restaurants at five other sites in
Paris. Eight attackers are reported to have been killed. Police believed all of the
gunmen were dead but it was unclear if any accomplices were still on the run
after the string of near-simultaneous attacks.
Paris residents have been asked to stay indoors and about 1,500 military
personnel are being deployed across the city.
Busiest time
The attack on the 1,500-seat Bataclan hall was by far the deadliest of Friday
night's attacks. Gunmen opened fire on concert-goers watching US rock group
Eagles of Death Metal. The event had been sold out.
The series of attacks not far from the Place de la Republique and the Place de la
Bastille struck at the heart of the capital when cafes, bars and restaurants were
at their busiest. Customers were singled out at venues including a pizza
restaurant and a Cambodian restaurant.
The other target was the Stade de France, on the northern fringe of Paris, where
President Hollande and 80,000 other spectators were watching a friendly
international between France and Germany, with a TV audience of millions more.
The president was whisked to safety after the first of three explosions just outside
the venue to convene an emergency cabinet meeting. Three attackers were
reportedly killed there.
As the extent of the bloodshed became clear, Mr Hollande went on national TV to
announce a state of emergency for the first time in France since 2005. The
decree enables the authorities to close public places and impose curfews and
restrictions on the movement of traffic and people.
Within an hour, security forces had stormed the concert hall and all four attackers
there were dead. Three had blown themselves up and a fourth was shot dead by
police. Another attacker was killed in a street in eastern Paris, reports said.
Speaking after arriving at the concert hall, President Hollande said the attackers
would be fought "without mercy". US President Barack Obama spoke of "an
outrageous attempt to terrorise innocent civilians". UK PM David Cameron
said he was shocked and pledged to do "whatever we can to help".
Paris Mayor Ann Hidalgo announced that all schools, museums, libraries, gyms,
swimming pools and markets would be shut on Saturday.
The Guardian has spoken to Mark Colclough, a 43-year-old BritishDanish psychotherapist, who was with a colleague on Rue de la Fontaine when
he saw a gunman attack a cafe:

He was left handed and shooting in bursts of three or four shots. It was fully
intentional, professional bursts of three or four shots. He killed three or four
individuals who were sitting in the chairs in front of the cafe. We saw them get
shot down. They fell off their chairs onto the ground. He then swivelled and shot
through a car drivers window. We then saw him walk into the cafe. He swivelled
right and then swivelled left and opened fire. That is when we dived for cover. We
heard a total of maybe 15 or 20 shots, then everything went quiet.