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Details of attacks from press conference with French public prosecutor François Molins

First explosion took place at the Stade de France at 21:20.

At 21:25 in Paris, people sat at the tables in Le Carillon bar and at the Le Petit Cambodge restaurant were fired on by a kalashnikov, from a car which was a Seat Leon. Fifteen people died on the scene.

At 21:30 a second explosion took place at Gate H of the Stade de France. The body of a suicide bomber was discovered on the scene, similar to the one that had been found in front of Gate D.

At 21:32 at the corner of the Rue du Faubourg-du-Temple and the rue de la Fontaine-au-Roi, there was another shooting incident in front of the bar “A la Bonne Biere”, which resulted in 5 deaths and 8 injured in intense care. Witnesses identified the car as a black Seat.

At 21:36, at 92 rue de Charonne, fresh outbursts of gunfire caused the death of 19 people, by gunmen who had arrived on board a black Seat car.

Around 21:40 at 2253 boulevard Voltaire, at the Comptoir Voltaire restaurant, a suicide bomber exploded his device. One person was seriously wounded and others lightly wounded.

At 21:40 in Paris a black Polo car is parked in front of the Bataclan. Three people armed with battlefield weapons broke into the hall, and sprayed the audience with gunfire, and took hostage people who had taken refuge in the orchestra pit. The terrorists spoke of Syria and Iraq.

All three terrorists were killed when the assault ( by police) took place, one by a bullet fired by the assault team, while the other two died by activating their explosive belts. As I speak to you, there are 89 dead and three seriously wounded [at the Bataclan].

At 21:53 at Saint-Denis , 400 metres from the stadium, rue de la Cocker, there is a third explosion. There the body of a suicide bomber was found.

One can say, at this stage in the investigation, that very likely there were three teams of terrorists, who were coordinated with each other, who are the cause of these atrocities. The investigation will seek to establish their accomplices, their organisers, their movements and how this operation was financed.

I can say , at this stage, that the terrorist in charge of the taking of hostages at the Bataclan has been formally identified. He is an individual born on 21 November 1985 at Courcouronnes, known by the courts for common law offences (Eight sentences between 2004 and 2010) who had never been in prison but was the object of an S Notice in 2010 for radicalisation . He has never been implicated  in or associated with  terrorists.

Next to the body of the suicide bomber of 21:20,a Syrian passport was found of an individual born in September 1990. He is not known by the French intelligence service.

The seven terrorists used assault rifles , 7.62 caliber weapons, and identical explosives. On each there was an explosive belt with TATP explosive, and a trigger using the same buttons and batteries.

Video footage has identified a black Seat and a black Polo registered in Belgian. This latter car was hired by a Frenchman living in Belgium. He was found this morning at the Belgium frontier in another car in which there was two other people who are resident in the region of Brussels.

French Public Prosecutor Francois Molins speaking to the press in Paris (AFP)
French Public Prosecutor Francois Molins speaking to the press in Paris (AFP)