Chilling details have emerged of the November 13 carnage at Paris nightspots as investigators continue to examine evidence from France’s worst-ever terrorist attacks.
The coordinated shootings and bomb blasts left 130 people dead and hundreds wounded in what President François Hollande described as an “act of war” planned by the Islamic State (IS) group from its base in Syria.
By far the largest loss of life occurred at the Bataclan concert hall, where American rock band Eagles of Death Metal were playing before a crowd of around 1,500 people.
Information from the judicial enquiry leaked to France’s Le Figaro newspaper suggests a deliberate plan to target the band, whose members fled the stage at the start of the shooting.
The three suicide bombers who attacked the concert hall reportedly screamed “Where is the singer? Where are the Yanks?” as they fired their Kalashnikov guns into the audience, killing 89 people. ...
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