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November 17, 2015
Le scénario noir tant redouté par les forces de l’ordre et les services de renseignement
BY: Christophe Cornevin and Jean-Marc Leclerc
All specialists counterterrorism expected a major attack in France. The intervention units were preparing for a long time for this type of attacks with multiple objectives.
“What just happened in Paris, this is the ultimate scenario feared intelligence services,” says theFigaro the prefect Bernard Squarcini, former head of the French against espionage .”With the experience of other countries, France was preparing,” he said.
Translation: Le scénario noir tant redouté
On September 30, the former anti-terrorist minister Marc Trévedic, launched, for its part, that warning, when he left his Paris job reluctantly: “I have become convinced that men have Daech the ambition and the means to reach us much harder by organizing scale actions incomparable to those conducted so far. I say this as a technician: the darkest days are ahead. The real war that EI intends to carry on our soil has not yet begun. “
The minister said fear “appalling carnage.” Based on specific elements: “Those who are willing to stop and talk to us say that EI intends to systematically and hit us hard (…). Daech men have the means, money and the ability to easily acquire many weapons they want and to organize mass attacks. “
“The danger comes from a more or less big team of guys who come from theaters of operations where they have experienced, perhaps Syria, perhaps Libya, Yemen, which are the weapons on site (in France) and take action, recently said Yves Trotignon, former counterterrorism service DGSE. These are determined guys, ready to die, who have studied the target and are solid operational perspective can be very painful. “
While some shouted to Cassandra, intervention units, they have taken the threat very seriously. Since June 2011, the Prefecture of Police organized an exercise sized multiple bombings in Paris. It combined two three attacks and taking of hostages. In the early 2000s, field groups are already facing massive resulted hostages.
The French intended to draw lessons from the tragedy of the Beslan school in North Ossetia in September 2004 (331 dead) or the Moscow theater in October 2002 (117 dead).
The GIGN has even set up a replica, whose code name is “time war”. To further save precious minutes in case of attack, special services have scrutinized more than 200 receiving public places likely to be attacked. Besides national palace are the Elysée, Matignon, the Senate or the National Assembly, the great halls of Paris shows were also selected.
For each place, analysts have constituted “objective records” including animated architectural plans where a click, films have hallways, basements, electrical installations, the opening direction of a window or the appearance of a door.
At a time when more than 571 French jihadists went to fight in Syria are all time bombs on their return, this “time war” is more than ever a burning issue. But the heart of Paris, this Friday, the Islamists launched the offensive pushing services into a corner.
Eye Witness Account
Anne Hidalgo, Maire de Paris
Plus de 100 morts dans les attaques à Paris
Six attacks were held simultaneously in Paris, Friday, November 13.An interim balance sheet of the municipality of Paris, reported at least 112 dead, including 70 in the attack on the Bataclan concert hall (11 th arrondissement). “There are several dozen killed. It is a horror “, announced President Francois Hollande, who spoke just before midnight while the attacks were still ongoing.
Translation: Attentats à Paris : six sites visés, au moins 120 morts
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The balance sheet
According to the mayor of Paris, attacks left at least 112 dead, including 70 in the attack Bataclan. At least two attackers were killed on the latter site, according to a source from the police headquarters. More than 100 people died in all the attacks, confirmed a source Police and judicial sources in the World. A dozen bodies were identified near the Saint-Louis Hospital and 18 in a street shooting Charonne. According to the municipality of Saint-Denis, six people were killed in a series of explosions, including three suicide bombers.
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The attack at the Bataclan
The most serious attack took place at the Bataclan, at the intersection of Boulevard Richard-Lenoir and Boulevard Voltaire, where a hostage crisis seemed to be going according to several witnesses. A little after midnight, several explosions were heard by witnesses near the security perimeter erected around the concert hall. Ambulances continued to arrive, while the central management of the police confirmed the assault.
Nicolas Chapuis, a journalist for the World, now close to the Bataclan in from 22 h 30, saw the police advance by hiding behind cars to protect bursts of automatic weapons. RAID, the elite unit of the national police was on hand, expanding the perimeter. At 23 h 20, a dozen people left hands in the air of the concert hall.
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Measures taken
The head of state has declared a state of emergency on the entire territory. He also announced the closure of borders. Of persquisitions may be conducted in Ile-de-France. All police forces were mobilized military reinforcements are planned. Schools and universities will be closed Saturday, according to the Paris Academy.
A white plane, planned for the health situations of emergency and crisis was triggered by the Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris assistance.
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The places referred
The attacks, which are coordinated, targeted a restaurant in the 11 th arrondissement, Little Cambodia, and the bar facing it, Carillon. Not far away, the Bataclan concert hall was also referred, as the cafe La Belle Equipe, rue de Charonne. Finally, two explosions erupted near the Stade de France, according to several witnesses.The terrorist track was favored by the police, which evoke a concerted operation. The terrorism prosecutor opened an investigation in flagrancy and three services were entered: the sub-directorate at the Anti-Terrorism (SDAT), the SID and the anti-terrorist section (SAT).
The government held a council of ministers exceptional Friday at midnight. The Paris police prefecture recommended Parisians and inhabitants of Ile-de-France not to leave their homes, unless absolutely necessary.
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The Stade de France
Earlier in the evening, President Francois Hollande, who attended the match France-Germany, was evacuated during the game, shortly after a series of explosions. Part of the public came down on the lawn in a panic at the end of the match. According to a source in the prefecture of Seine-Saint-Denis (93), four people died and nine were injured in the blasts that targeted three locations around the stadium, two fast-food restaurants and a brasserie.
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Rue Bichat
A journalist from the World came to Le Petit Cambodia, at the corner of rue Bichat and Alibert street, could see several bodies on the sidewalk between the restaurant and bar just across the road, The Carillon. According to a source from the Saint Louis Hospital, facing the two institutions, the shooting caused a dozen victims. “At first, all the world has believed firecrackers, says Laurent Borredon, a journalist with the World. Then people have fled and backtracked to the Quai de Valmy. “
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Rue de Charonne
Further south, at the intersection of rue Faidherbe and Rue de Charonne, a little before 22 hours, a waterfront saw a man down with a car to pull with a large caliber weapon at the cafe La Belle Equipe in the 11 tharrondissement. According to police sources, 18 people died in this attack sonr.
A journalist from the World present locally could see several wounded. “I heard explosions, I went to my window, indicates a waterfront, interviewed by Gerard Davet, a reporter in the world. I have a direct view of the coffee. I saw a man down with a car and get on the terrace at trial. He fired several times. Gusty. I heard screams. Then the man got back into his car and gone, like that … “
On site, our reporter witnessed scenes of horror: a woman, face covered with blood, fainted in the arms of a passerby. Several bodies lying on the ground. Firefighters and police arrived gradually establishing a security perimeter.
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Attentats à Paris
Plusieurs fusillades ont éclaté à Paris vendredi soir, et des explosions sont survenues à Saint-Denis près du Stade de France.
Several gunfights erupted in Paris Friday night, and explosions have occurred in Saint-Denis near Stade de France. The precise update on the situation, with our teams working on site.
Translation: Attaques terroristes : la guerre en plein Paris
• A hostage, then gave an assault at the Bataclan.There were 1,500 people present inside the auditorium, where they attended a concert, when terrorists stormed it. A police assault was given shortly before 0:30. Three suspected terrorists were killed.
• “Dozens killed and many wounded”. The balance sheet is very heavy, but still uncertain. “There are dozens of killed and many injured,” said Francois Hollande during a televised speech. Police sources now suggest a “hundred dead” at the Bataclan, and at least 120 deaths,according to a provisional toll issued by the Paris prosecutor. It refers to “the dead” at the Stade de France, 18 rue de Charonne dead, dead Boulevard Voltaire, 5 rue de la Fontaine died the King died and 14 streets Alibert / Bichat.
• The state of emergency is decreed in France, border controls. François Hollande announced in a televised address these measures in response to”unprecedented”terrorist attacks. The president asked for “more troops”. “We will lead the fight, he will be ruthless,” he has said.
• A council of ministers held extraordinary shortly after midnight. A Council of Ministers was convened exceptional at midnight. A crisis unit was opened at Matignon. François Hollande, the Prime Minister Manuel Valls, the Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and Justice Minister Christiane Taubira went there.
• The police recommend Parisians not to go out. The police headquarters recommended Friday night on Twitter for people who are in the Paris region to “avoid going out unless absolutely necessary.” Five subway lines were closed (3, 5, 8, 9, 11). A hotline for information has been set up: 0800406005.
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Several simultaneous shootings in Paris
Casualties reported
Latest update : 2015-11-13
Police officials in France say there has been an explosion in a bar near a Paris stadium and a shootout in a Paris restaurant, leaving at least 18 dead. Two explosions were also heard at the Paris stadium during the France-Germany football match.
According to eyewitness Jim Carroll, 67, who was walking home to his apartment on Rue Bichat at the time of the attack in the 10th arrondissement, there was “a loud explosion” followed by a sound like that of “Chinese fireworks – a long extended spattering that lasted for fifteen seconds.” “Then there was another explosion and spattering that lasted for a few seconds like the first one,” he added. “Within just a minute there were the sounds of the engines.”
Carroll reported a scene of “chaos.” Firemen and police immediately barricaded Rue Bichat and all the surrounding streets. Authorities also evacuated Place de la République and caused a flood of people to cross over the Canal Saint-Martin. Ambulances are now on the scene. One of the police officials said there was a separate explosion near the Stade de France north of Paris.
It was unclear if the events were linked. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to be publicly named. (FRANCE 24 with AP)
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