There’s been multiple shootings in Paris, several terrorists have attacked parts of the city, and one of the places hit was Eagles of Death Metal’s show. From what i’ve read, there’s probably at least 30 dead and lots of people being held hostage, possibly at the concert.
this is fucked up. probably incorrect but CNN is reporting 60 deaths at multiple locations. (one being the Eagles of Death Metal concert.)
http://www.fuse.tv/2015/11/paris-terrorists-eagles-of-death-metal-concert?campaign=scl|twt|fsc
Supposedly 60 hostages at the Eagles Of Death Metal show…reports have it at 6-8 attackers in that hall. Attacks all over the city just now. Josh Homme is not on that tour. Considering the nature of the attackers and how the French deal with these kinds of situations I would assume that sadly the death toll is going to rise dramatically.
State of emergency in France now…all borders are closed.
With regards to the metal show…I would assume the band and crew are hostages…no reports on that though. Deftones are due to play tomorrow night…obviously that show isn’t happening.
WTF???
I was just reading the blurb about the attacks, not getting much detail. This crap hits way too close to home. No, I’m not an Eagles fan, but I’m a metalhead and to know that my fellow rockers of the world have been attacked. This is just insane. And I know it will impact so many around me.
My prayers go out to everyone over there. I hope they shut this down fast and any further casualties are prevented.
I’m just stunned. Uggghhh. Terrible. Just awful.
It’s Eagles Of Death Metal…who are a collab with Josh Homme & Jesse Hughes…reports coming out the band aren’t hostages…looks like they may have witnessed a bunch of their fans getting slaughtered though.
It’s Eagles Of Death Metal…who are a collab with Josh Homne & Jesse Hughes…reports coming out the band aren’t hostages…looks like they may have witnessed a bunch of their fans getting slaughtered though.
Yeah. It was just updated.
This is just horrible.
I will be really really fucking angry later. Right now I’m just dazed. This shit is insane.
http://www.avclub.com/article/dozens-taken-hostage-eagles-death-metal-show-amid--228400
It’s really awful. There was an airstrike on a senior ISIS executioner/propagandist today and it seems like this could be their retaliation for it.
I don’t think the 60 dead will be and exaggeration, the guys are still on the loose too.
That was Jihadi John the British guy. No way it’s retaliation for that guy. This was a co-ordinated attack that looks like it has taken some time to execute. Also Jihadi John is rumoured to have been killed in a drone strike…in other words they assume he was one of the folks that got blown to bits over there.
I would be super surprised if this had anything to do with a low level ISIS Jihadist with a silly name who supposedly was killed a day or two back. Obviously it’s looking like an extremist attack.
It’s kicking off just now…the army are moving in
Apparently the band may be ok. It seems one of the guys in the band is from Atlanta and one of our news stations spoke to his family and they (band members) are at a police station. Not sure if it’s true or not.
5 explosions heard at the concert hall just now.
Here’s kind of a ticker tape of stuff unfolding.
It’s really insane.
http://blogs.wsj.com/dispatch/2015/11/13/paris-attack-shooting-and-explosion/
EoDM Admin updated their FB page about 10 minutes ago that they are still trying to confirm the safety of the band and their crew members.
From the BBC: AFP reports French President Francois Hollande is travelling to the Bataclan concert hall. The latest reports, from French media, say around 100 people are dead there.
BATACLAN, by the way, is the same venue that Ministry was playing about 3 years ago where Al collapsed on stage from “dehydration and exhaustion” or whatever the story was. Anyway, same place.
Apparently, the Deftones left 15 minutes before it started. http://www.fuse.tv/2015/11/deftones-paris-terrorist-attack-15-minutes
One of the attackers has been identified as being French. Looks like another case of home grown radicalisation.
Apparantly at the concert before the terrorists opened fire, one of them shouted ‘allahu akbar’ and ‘this is for Syria’.
Fucking scum of the earth !
One of the attackers has been identified as being French. Looks like another case of home grown radicalisation.
I was wondering how long it’d be before we found that out, it doesn’t surprise me, sadly. I can never understand how people can grow to hate a country that gives them everything they need, just because some dick on the internet tells them to, or some local “holy” man incites them to. Some people, usually the stupidest and most violent people, are so easily led by religion or what passes for it. And as usual they all killed themselves before they were taken by the police, like the real big men they were. Cowards hiding behind a book of lies, like all religious terrorists. On the news a while ago they were trying not to speculate on the fact that the killers could be French, but the places they targeted would not have been known to outsiders, they thought, so it was leaning that way.
I wonder how many of these guys had actually been to Syria? Had they been there and come home to France to plan attacks (in which case security forces could possibly have been aware of them) or were they just online voyeurs who let themselves be used for this purpose? Either way, sick, cowardly evil people.