Paris terror attacks,
Bataclan theatre hostage siege:
Significance of
Terrorist Shootings,
ISIS ISIL Islamic State suicide bombings in
Bible Prophecy .
Extremist Islamic jihad against
Western Europe is part of the wider picture required by
Bible prophecies of the last days-
Israel must be isolated and be left without support, be destroyed, and then
Jesus Christ will return to earth and establish
God's Kingdom. This is the significance of terrorist attacks in Western Europe
. . Petit Cambodge and
Le Carillon shootings,
La Belle Equipe shooting, Bataclan theatre siege and mass shooting,
Stade de France explosion
At least seven individual attacks took place,[7] comprising of at least six shootings and three explosions.[8][9] Shootings were reported around the Rue de la Fontaine-au-Roi, Rue de
Charonne, and the Bataclan theatre.[10]
Petit Cambodge and Le Carillon shootings
A shooting at the Petit Cambodge ("
Little Cambodia") resttheaurant in the
10th arrondissement of Paris resulted in several deaths, which are reported to be between four to eleven.[2][11][12] The assailants also shot people outside a bar called Le Carillon near the
Canal Saint-Martin.[13] According to a police official, 11 people were killed at the restaurant.[2] The assailants reportedly "fled in one or two vehicles" after the shootings.[14]
La Belle Equipe shooting
Shots were fired at La Belle Equipe, a restaurant in the
11th arrondissement of Paris.[5]
Bataclan theatre siege and mass shooting. Shootings and hostage takings occurred at the Bataclan theatre in the
11th arrondissement where the
American rock band
Eagles of Death Metal were playing to an audience of around 1,
500.[2] 60—
100 hostages were taken.[
10][2]
The band's members escaped without injury.[15]
Someone who escaped the attack told a journalist that the attackers mentioned
Syria and that there were five or six attackers.[3][16] One witness in the Bataclan stated that a gunman yelled "This is because of all the harm done by
Hollande to Muslims all over the world."[17] There were further attacks reported on police and first responders who arrived at the scene after initial reports of shooting inside the theatre.[18] One of the attackers at the Bataclan had explosives, according to a police officer at the scene.[3]
Julien Pierce, a journalist from
Europe 1, said that he saw armed men enter the Bataclan, and two or three men not wearing masks fired indiscriminately on the crowd.[3]
The siege ended at 00:58
CET.[19]
The police reported that an estimated 100 people were killed at the theatre.[3][20] Four attackers were killed, three of whom died by detonating their suicide belts.[3]
Stade de France explosion, At least 10 people were injured or killed in an explosion at a bar near the Stade de France in the
Paris suburb of Saint-Denis.[5]
The President of
France,
François Hollande, was at the stadium attending an international friendly football match between France and
Germany.[21] He was safely evacuated from the scene[
4][2] and met the
French interior minister
Bernard Cazeneuve to coordinate a response to the emergency.[20]
Explosions were heard on the live televised broadcast of the match.[14]
Following the game, fans were brought onto the pitch to await evacuation as police monitored all exits from the venue.
Aftermath
Official response
French President François Hollande issued a statement, saying that the
French people must remain strong in the face of terrorism
.[22] The authorities urged residents of Paris to stay indoors for their own safety.[2][23][14] Hollande also cancelled his trip to the
2015 G-20 Antalya summit because of the attacks, instead sending
Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and
Finance Minister Michel Sapin as his representatives.[24]
In response to the attacks, France was put under a state of emergency,[2][25][26] its borders were temporarily closed, and the army was called in to maintain order in Paris.[27] The plan blanc (
Île de France), and plan rouge (global), two French contingency plans for times of emergency, were immediately activated.[28][29][30] 1,500 troops were deployed on the streets of Paris.[14]
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