Witnesses tell of 'bloodbath' at Paris rock concert

Survivors from the Paris concert hall targeted during Friday’s attacks describe running over bodies and hiding after gunmen stormed the venue and began executing rock fans with barrages of automatic gunfire.

Pierre Janaszak, a radio presenter, was sitting in the balcony with his sister and friends when they heard shots from below about one hour into the concert by US rock band Eagles of Death Metal.

“At first we thought it was part of the show but we quickly understood,” he says. “They didn’t stop firing. There was blood everywhere, corpses everywhere. We heard screaming. Everyone was trying to flee.”

— AFP

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Witnesses tell of ‘bloodbath’ at Paris rock concert

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