Shooting in Paris

[Tbs77]

Please be safe those in Paris.

Edit: update

Edited November 13, 2015 by Tbs77

[Poly Ester]

This could well be in retaliation of the killing of 'Jihadi John'

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[Tbs77]

Death toll rising! Jihadi John may not even be killed because not confirmed yet ... Let's see how the news develops.

[Skye]

Twas quite strange to hear those loud bangs as we watched the soccer game....this is really scary, especially the hostage situation.

[carlos]

It's being reported that 60 people are held hostage in a concert hall. Also, more than 30 dead in the explosion and shooting.

[Poly Ester]

The numbers are rising all the time. ..terrifying for everyone there

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[ChocoBro]

This is massive. A coordinated terror campaign.

 

EDIT: Rumours have it that the explosion at the stadium was a hand grenade that killed three people.

 

Keep your eyes open in the coming days, wherever you are.

Edited November 13, 2015 by ChocoBro

[Tia]

Current news is stating up to 200 people perhaps being held!

Praying for our spiritual families there!

[Tbs77]

Not confirmed but supposedly French President was evacuated from stadium.

Edit: if extremists, they would be rejoicing to kill a western head of state.

Edited November 13, 2015 by Tbs77

[Dustparticle]

France has been attacking ISIS in Assyria.

[Tbs77]

Twas quite strange to hear those loud bangs as we watched the soccer game....this is really scary, especially the hostage situation.

Sister Fae, How likely would some of the brothers and sisters be attending the football (soccer) match tonight?
Edited November 13, 2015 by Tbs77

[Tbs77]

[ChocoBro]

Sister Fae, How likely would some of the brothers and sisters be attending the football (soccer) match tonight?

 

As likely as any other event. Watching a football friendly is a great opportunity to see good international football for not too much money, since friendly tickets are easier to come by. Of course, not every brother goes to watch a match.

 

Up to 80.000 people fit into that stadium. So given that it was full (I don't know) and the ratio of publishers in France is 1:500, it is surely possible that there were a few dozen brothers there when it happened. It is also possible some were at the concert, as far as I know it was a philharmonic concert where the hostage situation is underway.

 

Whether brothers or not, I will pray for all the innocent victims of all these horrible acts and that Jehovah will soon vindicate his name.

Edited November 13, 2015 by ChocoBro

[Tbs77]

As likely as any other event. Watching a football friendly is a great opportunity to see good international football for not too much money, since friendly tickets are easier to come by. Of course, not every brother goes to watch a match.

Up to 80.000 people fit into that stadium. So given that it was full (I don't know) and the ratio of publishers in France is 1:500, it is surely possible that there were a few dozen brothers there when it happened. It is also possible some were at the concert, as far as I know it was a philharmonic concert where the hostage situation is underway.

Whether brothers or not, I will pray for all the innocent victims of all these horrible acts and that Jehovah will soon vindicate his name.

Thanks for insight Bro. Ruben.

Supplications indeed required for many regardless of brothers and sisters.!

[ChocoBro]

Rumour has it Steinmeier and Hollande were evacuated from the stadium immediately after the blast.

 

What I heard on the news just now is that people that felt uncomfortable were barred from leaving the stadium.

 

They knew it was a terror attack and they just let the game continue (another 15+45 minutes??), then casually evacuated the stadium.

 

If all that is true, that's an outrage!!

Edited November 13, 2015 by ChocoBro

[Tbs77]

[kejedo]

Sister Fae, How likely would some of the brothers and sisters be attending the football (soccer) match tonight?

low probability, imho

Edited November 13, 2015 by kejedo

[sunshine]

Hi everyone, Paris calling!

 

 

Text messages flying between the friends, it's late here and basically the message is to stay Inside (naturally).  Won't really know what's going on or how bad things are until the morning.  Looks pretty bad though from the news reports. 

 

Please pray for the brothers and sisters in the effected areas. 

 

Agapé

Rosie

Edited November 13, 2015 by sunshine

[Tbs77]

Just got alert about more automatic gunfire think by concert hall.

[ChocoBro]

Seems that the worst part is what happened / is happening in the Bataclan theater. The media is speaking about "hostage takers" wielding assault rifles and shooting for 10 minutes non-stop, carnage, dozens murdered...

 

I think we can not imagine the horror of what is going on right now.

But you know what this shows us? How fast things can change unexpectedly.

[ChocoBro]

Just got alert about more automatic gunfire think by concert hall.

 

I heard the police decided to storm it about 15 minutes ago. That would explain more automatic gunfire.

[ChocoBro]

Is the media your end also trying to make a big circle around WHO the perpetrators are?

 

Over here in Germany they are repeatedly stressing we don't know if this is an islamic terror attack, since the guys carrying this out "didn't have beards"... seriously??

 

ISIS is already celebrating this gig by tweeting a hashtag "PARIS IS BURNING" in arabic. The same hashtag that was used during the Charlie Hebdo attack.

 

So if not muslims, it makes you wonder who else is supposed to be organized to carry out something this wicked on such a wide scale?

[Trina]

We heard three different locations were attacked at this time. There is an attack underway where they were holding hundreds of people hostage...at least 60 killed many more injured which they give no count.

They have shut down borders right now and no telling what else will happen tonight. I hope all the brothers and sisters are safe at home but it was the soccer stadium and concert hall and a restaurant too. The UN General Ban Ki Moon spoke out against the acts of violence as well already.

I'm so sick of Satan and his demons. I feel sick for them all.

[And_Ray]

What i've read is that the perpetrators at the concert hall were heard yelling "allahu akbar" and "This is for Syria" so that points to muslims a.k.a. ISIS. 

There were handful of people who escaped the concert hall and they said that 6-8 people were inside shooting and the floor was all in blood. 

Edited November 13, 2015 by Andrejrulz

[Poly Ester]

I have to say that President Hollande looked very shook as he announced a state of emergency and closed the French borders. ..it's ongoing and will probably still be ongoing tomorrow. Terrorists like good exposure

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