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At least 30 people were killed in attacks in Paris and a hostage situation was under way at a concert hall in the French capital, French media reported on Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n Several explosions were heard near a stadium where a friendly France-Germany soccer match was being held, attended by President Francois Hollande.<\/p>\n Police helicopters circled the stadium north of Paris as Hollande rushed back to the interior ministry to deal with the situation.<\/p>\n Police confirmed there had been shootings and explosions at the stadium, but not the number of casualties.<\/p>\n Witnesses said police closed down a neighborhood in central Paris where media said gunmen had fired in a restaurant, causing multiple casualties.<\/p>\n “I was on my way to my sister’s when I heard shots being fired. Then I saw three people dead on the ground, I know they were dead because they were being wrapped up in plastic bags,” student Fabien Baron told Reuters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At least 30 dead in Paris shootings At least 30 people were killed in attacks in Paris and a hostage situation was under way at a concert hall in the French capital, French media reported on Friday. Several explosions were heard near a stadium where a friendly France-Germany soccer match was being held, attended …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":43482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-te-public"],"yoast_head":"\n