MULTIPLE ATTACKS STRIKE PARIS: There’s a rising death toll in Bridget Johnson’s updates at the PJ Tatler, which multiple early sources list at 60. Bridget adds “ISIS backers have started a Twitter hashtag in Arabic that translates to ‘Paris burns’ to celebrate the attacks. They’re also using #FranceUnderAttack,” along with a video in which you can hear an explosion in the audio of the French-German soccer match.
Early details according to CNN:
— At least 60 people have died in the attacks, CNN affiliate BFMTV reported.
— United States security officials are communicating through secure conference calls, sources tell CNN. The assistant to the president for Homeland Security has briefed President Barack Obama on the situation. The president is about to speak.
— At least six shootings took place in Paris and three explosions took place at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis late Friday, CNN affiliate BFMTV said. Two or three gunmen entered the Bataclan concert hall while opening fire on law enforcement, BFMTV reported. A source earlier told CNN there were six to eight hostage takers, citing a person they were talking to inside the venue.
— Paris police tell CNN there were three attacks. Attackers reportedly used AK-47 automatic weapons.
— CNN’s Jim Bittermann, who is based in Paris, reports a producer who is at the Bataclan tells him that police are firing at a rooftop position near the venue.
— President Francois Hollande was evacuated at halftime of the France-Germany soccer match.
More as it comes in.
Update: “Multiple media sources are reporting (so far, unconfirmed) that witnesses in Paris heard the as of yet unidentified terrorists shouting ‘Allah Akbar’ during the attacks.”