Death toll of IS attacks on Paris in France ... over 120!
Even President of France has narrow escape!
As a result of a series of attacks aimed at several
locations in the Town of Paris on Friday around 9.30 p.m. France time by an organized group of terrorists, the number of people dead by now are over 120, overseas reports say.Because of the weekend holidays, it is said that the atmosphere on Friday night in the Town of Paris had displayed a big turbulent hive of activity and in the process the terrorists had made use of this opportunity and aimed gun-shots at a theatre in the city as well as a restaurant and had aimed two bomb attacks as well at a ground where a football game was in process, with the participation of the President of France among the spectators, continuing with another bomb attack ending it up with a massive destruction.
Two gunmen had arrived and done the shooting with machine guns and close upon a hundred people lost their lives in the attack which targetted the Bataclan Concert Theatre in the Town of Paris. while another hundred or more were taken as hostages by the gunmen, foreign media reports. Whatever it is, after the operations conducted by French Police who intervened, the two gunmen were shot dead and thus it was possible to rescue the hostages. Gunshots were aimed at the restaurant called Le Petit Cambodge on that occasion and 14 individuals died in the firing and a group of others sustained injuries. A terrorist attack was aimed at the playground named Stade de France with two bombs going off and another bomb-blast being repeated thereafter. Though the playground was damaged by this attack, the number who was killed in this case were 3, foreign media reports.
A football game between France and Germany was in progress at this playground and it is of special significance to note that the bomb had exploded at a spot close to where the President of France Mr. Francois Hollande too was seated watching the game. However no damage was done to him and he was frisked away to a place of safety after this explosion.
The total number of those who lost their lives from these attacks are estimated to be about 120 in all. The French government has taken measures to close all frontiers in France with the onset of these attacks. By now the French Security Forces have tightened their security and authorities of the country have cautioned citizens of the Town of Paris ordering them to stay indoors as a security measure. By now a state of Emergency has been declared within France, it has been reported.
The Sri Lankan Consulate in France has requested that in order to secure any information about Sri Lankans there the number 0033789238926 could be dialled for the purpose. Foreign media suspect that the 8 people who carried out this destruction were from the IS Organization which had planned this massacre while Intelligence Services of America and France including specialists on terrorist activities have reported the same by now. So far no one has accepted responsibility for this attack.