Breakdown of Paris attacks

The first of three explosions occurred outside the Stade de France stadium on the northern fringe of Paris where France were playing Germany in an international football friendly.

A man wearing a suicide belt was reportedly prevented from entering the stadium after a routine security check detected the explosives. According to the Wall Street Journal, the man backed away from security guards and detonated the explosives.

The bomber and a passer-by were killed .

The game, attended by President Francois Hollande, was being broadcast on TV. After a second man detonated his suicide vest outside a different stadium entrance at 21:30, the president was rushed to safety.
Media captionBlast heard during Paris football match

A third suicide bomber blew himself at a fast-food outlet near the stadium at 21:53. The attackers all wore identical explosive vests.

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21:25 Rue Alibert attacks
Image caption A restaurant and a bar on rue Alibert were attacked shortly before shots were fired at rue Fontaine au Roi
Le Carillon

Meanwhile, other attacks were unfolding nearer to the centre of town, around popular nightlife spots. The first took place at about 21:25 in the 10th district (arrondissement), not far from the Place de la Republique.

According to the Paris prosecutor, witnesses thought the gunmen arrived at the scene in a black Seat car.

Witnesses at Le Carillon bar, 18 rue Alibert, said they initially thought a firecracker had gone off before realising that they were under fire from semi-automatic rifles.

"People dropped to the ground. We put a table over our heads to protect us," said Ben Grant, who was with his wife at the back of the bar.
Le Petit Cambodge

Witnesses describe how a man then crossed the road and turned his gun on a restaurant, Le Petit Cambodge (Little Cambodia).

Fifteen people died in the attack on the bar and restaurant, with 15 severely injured. More than 100 bullets were fired.
21:32 Rue de la Fontaine au Roi

Then came an attack on diners a few streets south of rue Alibert, in front of the Cafe Bonne Biere and La Casa Nostra pizzeria in rue de la Fontaine au Roi. Five people were killed and eight were severely injured.

Again, witnesses reported that the gunmen were travelling in a black Seat.

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21:36 Rue de Charonne attack

The next reports of shootings came to the south of the first restaurant attacks, at La Belle Equipe bar in the rue de Charonne in the 11th district.

Witnesses again said that the attackers arrived in a black Seat. Two men opened fire on the terrace of the cafe.

"It lasted at least three minutes," one witness said. "Then they got back in their car and headed towards Charonne station."
Image caption La Belle Equipe came under fire next
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Image caption The Belle Equipe attack was the second deadliest of the night

Nineteen people died in the shooting, with a further nine in a critical condition.

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21:40 Boulevard Voltaire

A few minutes later, an attacker killed himself by detonating a suicide bomb at the restaurant Le Comptoir Voltaire on the Boulevard Voltaire, the chief prosecutor said.

One other person was severely injured in this incident.
21:40 - 00:20 Bataclan concert venue
Image caption The Bataclan has a capacity of 1,500

The deadliest attack of the night came at a concert venue on Boulevard Voltaire, also in the 11th district, where Californian rock group Eagles of Death Metal was playing. The 1,500-seat Bataclan hall was sold out.

The Paris chief prosecutor said three attackers wearing suicide belts were involved - earlier reports spoke of four attackers. Witnesses said they arrived in a black Volkswagen Polo then stormed in through the main entrance and into the back of the concert hall.

Eighty-nine people died as the men fired Kalashnikov-type assault rifles into the crowd. At least 99 others are in a critical condition in hospital.

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Image copyright Bataclan
Image caption It is understood that seating in front of the stage had been removed for the concert (file pic)
Image caption Three gunmen stormed into the Bataclan and shot at the crowd, taking the survivors hostage

One of the attackers was said to have shouted "God is great" in Arabic. One witness heard a gunman blaming President Hollande for intervening in Syria. It was the first clear evidence that Paris was once again being targeted by Islamists.

"We thought it was fireworks but then there were men shooting in all directions. So we all lay on the floor and started crawling towards the stage," one woman said.

Some escaped via an emergency exit to the left of the stage. Others managed to find a route onto the roof.

By now, President Hollande was in crisis talks with Prime Minister Manuel Valls as well as Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve. Mr Hollande announced a state of emergency throughout France and a tightening of border controls.

The order was then given to send elite security forces into the concert hall. As the operation came to a head, at about 00:20, a police officer shot one of the gunmen, and his suicide belt detonated. The siege ended with the other two blowing themselves up.
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Image caption President Hollande visited the scene of the Bataclan atrocity after security forces had moved in
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The gunmen

One of the dead attackers had been identified as a 29-year-old Frenchman Ismail Mostefai. He had a criminal record but had never spent time in jail. However, he had been flagged up as a possible Islamist extremist.

A Syrian passport was found next to the body of one of three suicide bombers who struck near the Stade de France stadium.

All seven militants had used Kalashnikov-type assault rifles and the same type of explosive vests.

The arrests of three men in Belgium on Saturday are being linked to the attacks.

The city has issued an emergency hotline for information: 0800 40 60 05 (within France) as the search for potential accomplices continues.

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