Shootings in Paris - MOD NOTE UPDATED - READ OP

“It was carnage,” said Marc Coupris, 57, still shaking after being freed from the hostage-taking at the Bataclan concert venue. “It looked like a battlefield, there was blood everywhere, there were bodies everywhere. I was at the far side of the hall when shooting began. There seemed to be at least two gunmen. They shot from the balcony. Everyone scrabbled to the ground. I was on the ground with a man on top of me and another one beside me up against a wall. We just stayed still like that. At first we kept quiet. I don’t know how long we stayed like that, it seemed like an eternity. I saw my last final unfurl before me, I thought this was the end. I thought I’m finished, I’m finished. I was terrified. We must all have thought the same. Eventually, when a few gendarmes came in slowly we began to look up and there was blood absolutely everywhere. The police told us to run.”

Reports from people just freed.

Old Jakey wrote: »

Let's just say a certain 'peaceful' religion has no place in Europe.

Catholics /Christians

Gianluca Mezzofiore ‏@GianlucaMezzo 1m1 minute ago
Gianluca Mezzofiore Retweeted Marta Clinco
"Huge fire reported at the Jungle refugee camp in #Calais #CalaisJungle"

ISIS Supporters taken to twitter with the #ParisBurns hashtag. apparently one attacker caught said he was proudly part of ISIS.

GT_TDI_150 wrote: »

Any further news on Hollande? bogus report of Heart Attack /stroke?

That's not even remotely funny. Its sick, actually.

IrishTrajan wrote: »

You don't have to be trained by the military to be able to put a bullet in some fúck at point blank range. The fact you think causing accidental casualties is a serious argument against this, when we're talking about people with the intent on murdering fúcking civilians in the first place is ridiculous.

Most ordinary people would cack themselves in this sort of situation, regardless of whether they had a gun or not. The idea that having ordinary civilians strolling around with firearms somehow makes society safer is ridiculous. Much as the fantasy of some random chap taking on the terrorists Die Hard style might appeal to the imagination, the reality is likely to play out somewhat differently.