'They are cutting us down one by one...dead bodies everywhere': 100 people killed at theatre after police storm it, shoot dead three jihadists and release 125 more hostages
- Terrorists took over Bataclan concert hall in Paris on Friday night
- Benjamin Cazenoves said he was one the first floor of the building
- 'They are cutting down all the world. One by one,' he posted on Facebook
- He later posted that he was alive, but that dead bodies were everywhere
- Dozens reported dead in attacks throughout the French capital
An injured hostage inside a Paris theatre described how terrorists were slaughtering ‘everyone one by one’ in one of a series of attacks that are thought to have killed at least 142 people.
Benjamin Cazenoves, one of those held captive during a rock concert, wrote on social media: ‘I’m still at the Bataclan. 1st floor. Hurt Bad! There are survivors inside. They are cutting down all the world. One by one.’
He added in another Facebook post: ‘Alive. Just cuts... Carnage... Dead bodies everywhere.’
Reports said that French security forces had successfully stormed the building, freed the surviving hostages and killed three terrorists thought to be among six or seven who perpetrated attacks throughout Paris on Friday night.
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A man inside the Bataclan theatre in Paris that was taken over by terrorists said that the assailants were slaughtering hostages 'one by one'. Above, French special forces evacuate people from the building
A man who said he was on the first floor of the concert hall posted on Facebook about the terrifying situation
Benjamin Cazenoves later said that he was alive and just had cuts, but that others had been killed. Sources say that at least 100 had died in the attack
One hostage who escaped the theatre, where at least 100 are thought to have been killed, said the hostage-takers were yelling about Syria.
Around 125 survivors were freed when security forces stormed the building, and several dozen were being spoken to by police at a nearby bar as they recovered.
The California rock band The Eagles of Death Metal had been playing Thursday night.
A post on the band's Facebook page said that the safety of the group was still being determined, though all but
Witnesses described unmasked men in their early 20s with Kalashnikov assault rifles bursting into the middle of the concert and begin spraying bullets at attendees as they reloaded three or four times.
The onslaught lasted for maybe ten minutes as people screamed and cowered on the floor, covering their heads in a vain bid to escape the bullets, a witness told the Daily Mail.
''I was in the pit at the front. I heard bangs go off. I turned round and I saw a silhouette with a cap on who was heading towards the back door,' one witness told the newspaper Liberation.
'He shot in my direction. People started falling and throwing themselves towards the ground'.
Others described hiding in rooms by the stage before making a break for the emergency exit left of the stage, while others said they escaped to the roof and were helped by a man in an apartment adjacent to the theatre.
More than 140 people have reportedly been killed in terrorist attacks around Paris on Friday night. Above, a man fleeing the concert hall holds his head
French security forces stormed the theatre and killed three terrorists inside while freeing those hostages that survived
Survivors of the attack were tended to be emergency personnel after some escaped during the shooting and others were freed by security forces
Journalist Julien Pierce told CNN that the gunmen did not shout slogans as they massacred their victims.
'They didn't say anything. Not Allah akhbar or something like this. They said nothing. They just shot. They just shoot,' he said.
The Bataclan theatre had previously supported the magazine Charlie Hebdo after the satirical publication was attacked in January this year.
A photo of the hall shows the marquee with the phrase 'Je Suis Charlie', used in support of the attack's victims.
The theatre was only one scene of chaos on Friday night as terrorist attacks throughout city targeted a restaurant and the area outside a stadium.
French President Hollande declared a state of emergency and 1,500 soldiers were deployed to Paris after the string of violence.
French borders were closed to prevent suspects' escape.
Supporters at the football match in the Stade de France evacuated the stadium and went on to the pitch after explosions were heard during the game
Around 40 people are thought to have been killed at sites outside the Bataclan theater. Above, supporters at the Stade de France invade the pitch as they leave the stadium
Multiple explosions occurred outside Stade de France as the French national team played Germany inside. Above, football fans talk to a policeman securing an area outside the stadium
The New York Times reports that the French government has announced that authorities would have the power to close places of public assembly and impose house arrest on residents.
According to a woman in the restaurant where shots first broke out near the Bataclan, a gunman shouted ‘Allah Akbar’ (God is great in Arabic) before firing. Terrified customers hid under tables.
Eyewitness Ben Grant, who was in a bar with his wife, said he counted ‘six or seven bodies’ on the floor.
He told the BBC: ‘I was told people in cars had opened fire on the bar.
‘There are lots of dead people. It’s pretty horrific to be honest.
‘I was at the back of the bar. I couldn’t see anything.
‘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.’
Above, a man lies on the ground as French police check his identity near the Bataclan concert hall on Thursday night
Attacks were also reported at a restaurant and near the Stade de France where the host country was playing Germany. Above, journalists take cover near the Bataclan concert hall
A 27-year-old man last night told of how he was 30ft from the explosion minutes later at a bar near Stade de France and heard the bomb go off before being shrouded in a cloud of dust.
The French eyewitness, who works in finance, said: ‘I felt like I as in a video game.’
Speaking to the Daily Mail, he told how he was 15 minutes late for the match and waiting to be let into the stadium when he heard a loud bang.
He said: ‘There was an explosion in front of us. It was a very loud noise. At first I thought it was a bin that had been set alight. But then I thought it wasn’t a fire cracker.
‘Everyone stopped. A man was on the floor screaming. I don’t know what happened to the man. I just heard him scream and move around the floor. He wasn’t unconscious.’
Around three minutes later, as the witness approached the stadium door, a second bomb went off 15ft from where he was standing.
He said: ‘It was a very loud noise. I’ve never heard anything like it.
‘My heart jumped. There were 20 of us. We started running. The match had started 15 minutes before.
The American rock band Eagles of Death Metal had been playing when men armed with Kalashnikovs are said to have stormed into the hall and began firing
Above, a photo of the band during their show at the Bataclan before the terrorist attack thought to have killed at least 100
‘Everyone was screaming and a plain clothes policeman said ‘leave!’
‘The doormen started locking the stadium doors.’
He added: ‘It was shocking to see. I thought “that could have been me”.’
Islamic State supporters celebrated the attacks using the Twitter hashtag Paris in Flames or Paris on Fire.
One militant, Abu Asad, tweeted: ‘Allahu Akbar.’ Another said: ‘There is no God but Allah, praise be to Allah.’
Others posted pictures of emergency services attending blast scenes and thousand being evacuated from the Stade de France, where the French football team had been playing Germany in a friendly.
One of the explosions was so loud it could be heard during the game.
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