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Over 80 people are killed during a horrific terrorist attack on The Bataclan Theatre, Paris, France, Europe, during a gig by The Eagles Of Death Metal.Full article:
Alice Cooper : I hope we never get over the shock of somebody going into a concert and killing a bunch of people for no reason. It's not a religious or political thing. It's just a bunch of guys who want to kill people. That's shocking.
(Source : Q magazine interview, 2016)
Pierre Janaszak (radio presenter) : At first we thought it was part of the show but we quickly understood. They didn't stop firing. There was blood everywhere, corpses everywhere. We heard screaming. Everyone was trying to flee.
Ben Grant (eye witness) : There are lots of dead people. It's pretty horrific to be honest... I was at the back of the bar. I heard gunshots. People dropped to the ground. We put a table over our heads to protect us. We were held up in the bar because there was a pile of bodies in front of us.
Jonathon Hill (eye witness) : I was getting cash out of an ATM outside the Metro station which is probably about 50-70 yards away from the Bataclan itself. As I was collecting my cash, I heard three distinct firing shots that at first I didn't believe were actual shots from a gun. They almost sounded like fireworks cracking off in the middle of the street.
And while that happened I saw a guy probably 6ft 4 to 6ft 5, quite a heavy-set man, looked Caucasian from about 50 yards away. And he was in the middle of the street shouting "Allez! Allez!" at people. He almost seemed to be a good Samaritan telling people to get out of from the cafes and go inside. As that happened I saw another shot and I saw someone collapse to the floor outside the Bataclan.
Paul Taylor, a British comedian living in Paris, was about to go on stage at a club close to one of the restaurants that was attacked.
He told the BBC he saw people running towards the venue "crying and not really knowing what was happening, just in shock".
"After asking them what had happened, they said they had seen some people drive up to a restaurant about 100 metres down the road and just shoot people who were sitting down.
"There were no official reports... and eventually I went on stage. As soon as I did the place got evacuated by armed police... Everyone on that street was getting evacuated."
He added: "It was a pretty crazy and scary situation. There were armed police everywhere, sirens, and people in a panic."
'Bodies everywhere'
Julien Pierce, a journalist from Europe 1 radio, was inside the Bataclan concert hall when the shooting began. In a report posted on the station's website, Mr Pierce said:
"Several armed men came into the concert. Two or three men, not wearing masks, came in with what looked like Kalashnikovs and fired blindly on the crowd.
"It lasted between 10 and 15 minutes. It was extremely violent and there was panic. The attackers had enough time to reload at least three times. They were very young.
"There were bodies everywhere."
Francois Sergent lives close to one the restaurants that was attacked and said his neighbourhood has been left stunned.
He told the BBC: "Everybody is in a kind of, I would say, utter disbelief. Nobody close to me was a victim of what happened last night but the neighbourhood, the streets I am walking every day - it was quite a shock for all of us this morning."
Eagles Of Death Metal (Facebook statement) : While the band is now home safe, we are horrified and still trying to come to terms with what happened in France," write the band. "Our thoughts and hearts are first and foremost with our brother Nick Alexander, our record company comrades Thomas Ayad, Marie Mosser, and Manu Perez, and all the friends and fans whose lives were taken in Paris, as well as their friends, families, and loved ones."
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(Source : Q magazine interview, 2016)
Pierre Janaszak (radio presenter) : At first we thought it was part of the show but we quickly understood. They didn't stop firing. There was blood everywhere, corpses everywhere. We heard screaming. Everyone was trying to flee.
Ben Grant (eye witness) : There are lots of dead people. It's pretty horrific to be honest... I was at the back of the bar. I heard gunshots. People dropped to the ground. We put a table over our heads to protect us. We were held up in the bar because there was a pile of bodies in front of us.
Jonathon Hill (eye witness) : I was getting cash out of an ATM outside the Metro station which is probably about 50-70 yards away from the Bataclan itself. As I was collecting my cash, I heard three distinct firing shots that at first I didn't believe were actual shots from a gun. They almost sounded like fireworks cracking off in the middle of the street.
And while that happened I saw a guy probably 6ft 4 to 6ft 5, quite a heavy-set man, looked Caucasian from about 50 yards away. And he was in the middle of the street shouting "Allez! Allez!" at people. He almost seemed to be a good Samaritan telling people to get out of from the cafes and go inside. As that happened I saw another shot and I saw someone collapse to the floor outside the Bataclan.
Paul Taylor, a British comedian living in Paris, was about to go on stage at a club close to one of the restaurants that was attacked.
He told the BBC he saw people running towards the venue "crying and not really knowing what was happening, just in shock".
"After asking them what had happened, they said they had seen some people drive up to a restaurant about 100 metres down the road and just shoot people who were sitting down.
"There were no official reports... and eventually I went on stage. As soon as I did the place got evacuated by armed police... Everyone on that street was getting evacuated."
He added: "It was a pretty crazy and scary situation. There were armed police everywhere, sirens, and people in a panic."
'Bodies everywhere'
Julien Pierce, a journalist from Europe 1 radio, was inside the Bataclan concert hall when the shooting began. In a report posted on the station's website, Mr Pierce said:
"Several armed men came into the concert. Two or three men, not wearing masks, came in with what looked like Kalashnikovs and fired blindly on the crowd.
"It lasted between 10 and 15 minutes. It was extremely violent and there was panic. The attackers had enough time to reload at least three times. They were very young.
"There were bodies everywhere."
Francois Sergent lives close to one the restaurants that was attacked and said his neighbourhood has been left stunned.
He told the BBC: "Everybody is in a kind of, I would say, utter disbelief. Nobody close to me was a victim of what happened last night but the neighbourhood, the streets I am walking every day - it was quite a shock for all of us this morning."
Eagles Of Death Metal (Facebook statement) : While the band is now home safe, we are horrified and still trying to come to terms with what happened in France," write the band. "Our thoughts and hearts are first and foremost with our brother Nick Alexander, our record company comrades Thomas Ayad, Marie Mosser, and Manu Perez, and all the friends and fans whose lives were taken in Paris, as well as their friends, families, and loved ones."