[ speaking french ] if we heard correctly, those were three explosions. That is where the french president was among thousands of spectators at a football march between france and germany. At least four people died outside the stadium. You were watching the game whether it happened. I was, yes. We actually didnt hear it over the air, but the announcer did talk about the fact that there were explosions that were heard. He understood this the president of france was being escorted out. He mentioned that it was awkward for him to be broadcasting live a football match during a time of uncertainty. Right. Parisians are being asked to stay indoors, although some are determined not to let terror win and opened their markets. French president Francois Hollande said his country will be ruthless in its response to the horrific attacks and praised first responders. Translator ive spoken to the Prime Minister and the elected members, the mayor of paris, in order to measure this tragedy, this abomination, in several places of the capital. He tried to kill as many people as possible. Im expressing myself my horror of the dead and express my compassion to the families of those who have been struck by this. France, which is determined and united, and which will not be stopped with this emotion with regards to this drama and this tragedy of the population. And just within the last hour, president Francois Hollande convened his Defense Council in paris to discuss whats next. As we mentioned earlier, football fans were terrified at Frances National stadium just outside paris. A match between france and germany ended in chaos. [ explosions ] you hear it there. The sound of that blast that went off near the stadium. A source told cnn at least one of the three explosions appears to have been a suicide bombing. One eyewitness says spectators didnt understand what was happening, and then things got pretty scary. You see the fear in the peoples faces there. [ speaking french ] translator there was confusion. We heard two explosions, but at the beginning, i thought that they were agricultural bombs. And there had been lots of rumors inside the stadium. We were at gate e. It exploded just nearby. Its true that it was noisy, but i thought that it was only agricultural bombs. Then there were rumors. We heard about a shooting. There was a lot of confusion inside the stadium a very frightening crowd crush happened with people on the ground. Senior International CorrespondentFrederick Pleitgen is standing by live. He is joining us now from paris. And obviously a traumatizing and shocking last few hours, fred. If you can set the scene. Its about just after 10 00 in the morning there. Reporter yeah, absolutely. People here in paris certainly are shocked. Many certainly are very much afraid. As youve note, the french president has called on people to stay inside their houses unless they absolutely need to go outside. Judging from what were seeing on the streets of paris, not everybody is adhering to that advice. There are many people whom were seeing out. Weve even seen market stalls being set up. However, there are also a lot of shops that remain closed. I think one of the things that really gets to people at this point in time is that they arent sure at this point whether or not all of the attackers that were involved in these incidents, whether all of them have been killed or whether or not there might still be some who are at large. Certainly if you talk to people, very few will believe that these were isolated incidents. They believe that this was something that was far more coordinated, especially if you look at the fact that these were attacks that happened in various locations at six different locations, some of them, of course, in the center of paris. If you look at the sophistication of the weaponry that was involved. Assault rifles, of course, militarygrade equipment, walls seven of the eight attackers who were killed actually having suicide vests and being able to detonate the suicide vests. That is something that does concern people a great deal. And then on top of that, we have to keep in mind that this is a city that was ravaged by terror only a few months ago. The memories of Charlie Hebdo are certainly something, of course, that still weighs very heavily on many people here. And then to see something similar happen again on an even greater scale is certainly something that if you look at the media here, if you look at the newspapers here, if you look at the Public Opinion here, people are just absolutely shocked and certainly also very concerned at what might be going on. And because they are concerned, are you seeing a beefed up security presence there . I mean, some Extraordinary Security measures are being implemented. Reporter yeah. You certainly are. I mean, the security is certainly tight. And anybody who visit paris during normal times, you know that you see a Considerable Police force on the ground. You also see the occasional soldiers patrolling the streets, especially the tourist destinations, but that is something that has increased drastically over the past hours. Weve already note that some 1,500 soldiers have been mobilized to beef up security here and at other locations. Also going through the streets, you see the Police Presence is something very much increased. When you drive around, when you walk around town, very often youll see Police Vehicles drive past with their lights flashing. Clearly, the authorities here are trying to create the impression that they are in control of the situation, in command of the situation. That they can guarantee the security of the people here. At the same time, of course, you do have those warnings to the people not to take this lightly and not to venture out if, in fact, they do not have to which is certainly something almost unprecedented for this city going back for years. Such a warning would have to be issued. Yeah. It was also striking to see president hollande in his remarks. He did seem visibly shaken. A very tense time indeed. Great having you out there. Thank you very much, Fred Pleitgen in paris. There were six different locations, the deadliest scene at a concert hall. Hundreds of music fans came together just to watch a performance. Now at least 112 are dead. Earlier cnn spoke with julian pierce. He was inside the theater. We spoke with him as some of the fans were being held hostage. After that, s. W. A. T. Stormed the venue. At least 100 people brought out. He described his harrowing experience. Take a listen. Reporter the show was about to end, the band was playing for almost an hour. Suddenly we heard gunshots behind us. When i looked back, i saw at least two men, unmasked men maybe there were three. The confusion i cant tell you, but they were Holding Assault rifles, ak47s. Im sure about it. They were firing randomly into the crowd. Obviously we all lied down on the floor to not get hurt. It was a huge panic. The terrorists sorry shot at us in like 15 minutes. It was like it was a bloodbath. They shot at us, and they reloaded again several times. Multiple times. And its actually what i escaped because they reloaded basically. I wait for the time they reloaded to run from the scene and to hide. I tried to help people around me. And it was it was shocking. I mean, it was panicking, huge panic. And so shot at us for 10 to 15 minutes. It was long. It was very, very long. And its not a huge rue. About 1,000 people can gather in it. But it was overcrowded. I mean, there were no empty rooms. It was sold out basically. It was easy for them. So two to three men. Cnn has confirmed two men were killed this is the earliest report. Were told two gunmen were killed inside the theater. Youre saying you saw two, possibly three gunmen with ak47style long rifles shooting into the crowd. This went on for 10 to 15 minutes. Were they standing and shooting . Were they moving around . Reporter they were not moving actually. They were just standing at the back of the scene, at the back of the crowd. And they were just shooting on the floor because everybody was on the floor. And i seen one of the guys, very young, like 18, 19 years old, 20 maximum, and he was executing people on the floor, persons around him. [ inaudible ] shooting people. So they were not moving actually. They were standing at the back of the concert room and shooting at us like people were birds. Were they saying anything . Reporter i hadnt heard anything about them. I havent heard something. I have some friends who escaped who heard them talking about ir iraq, but im not quite sure about it. I hadnt heard anything but the screaming of the people. The gunmen, do you remember what they were wearing . Did they have heavy clothing . I mean, there had been some concern about possible suicide vests. Did you see anything reporter not from what i seen. They were wearing like a black jogging black stuff. I mean, they were all wearing black. No tactical vests. Nothing like this. They were just holding ak47s, thats all. I havent seen grenades. I havent seen bombs or whatever. It happened so fast. I mean, we were just trying to hide and save our lives. So i looked to one guy a few times, the one i described to you, very young. He wasnt wearing tactical stuff. He was a random guy. I could have met him two minutes before and never thought he was terrorist. Again in the interview, he says that he felt that the gunmen were shooting at them like they were birds. Yeah. Like their lives didnt matter at all. At least 14 people were killed at le petitcambodge. And a bar across the street in the 10th district reportedly hit by gunfire. One patron said people thought they were hearing firecrackers. One witness at the epicenter of the terror attacks spoke to radio france about the moment the gunman entered the concert hall. He said the shooter came in firing assault rifles and shooting alla akbar, god is great. [ speaking french ] you can certainly hear the terror and shock in that mans voice. The victims in these attacks were all civilians. The crime scenes were all soft targets. Lets get more on what happened and the challenges posed in finding out whos behind it with terrorism expert and International Security director for the asiapacific foundation, joining us live from london. Good to have you with us this hour. So, look, were talking six different locations, all carried out within the same window of time. This doesnt seem like the sort of thing that happens without a great deal of coordination. What is your sense about what happened . Well, certainly this does look like a well planned, synchronized attack. It must have taken weeks if not months to plan, to do logistics, reconnaissance. This was a marauding attack. Now the last time we saw Something Like this was in mumbai in 2008 where gunmen roamed the streets of the city targeting hotels, restaurants, a jewish cultural center. Similar in this attack again with specific soft target locations being hit, a rock concert, football stadium, a restaurant. The aim, it seems, was to kill as many people as possible, waits for the police, and then die in the ensuing shootout with those individuals. And the response from french authorities, something we havent seen that hasnt been seen really since world war ii. Were talking about closed borders. Were talking about a curfew where the french president asked people to stay indoors. How does all of that help investigators as they try to determine whether there were more people involved in these attacks . This is unprecedented, whats happened in a western democracy where borders are being shot. Now think about what took place in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo shootings and then the followup incidents that were carried out by coulibaly who killed a french woman and held a woman hostage at the jewish kosher supermarket. His girlfriend managed to escape in the aftermath. Authorities are all too aware from Lessons Learned from those incidents that if they do not patrol the borders, if they dont monitor who is leaving, who is coming in, there could be followup plots, there could be individuals trying to escape because the gunmen who have been killed in this attack, they cant have planned this alone. They have to be there have to be individuals on the periphery who provide assistance, cooperated with them. Those individuals have to be found because they could potentially be tied to other followup plots in the future. Thats the concern the french authorities have. Theres a great deal of concern and worry for the wounded, of course, in these attacks. Talk to us about investigators looking into people that may have been wounded, for instance the simple fact that there is concern that there may have been more people involved in these attacks. Is it a poblssibility that somef them could have blended in to the wounded to get away . Thats a worrying proposition and certainly cant be ruled out. Keep in mind that these individuals were not dressed in a specific uniform. They were able to disperse themselves within the civilian fabric of society which is often why they go undetected. One of the individuals was at the rock concert said the people who were firing just looked like ordinary individuals. Thats a huge concern because theyre the invisible identify, not easily identified. The worry is there could be followup plots. Weve seen too often that one attack is designed to hit, create economic and political consequences. Then you could have a followup incident designed to create social economic consequences. Unfortunately, this is becoming the new normal. I disturbing reality for europe. Thank you so much for your insights. Pleasure. As youd imagine, fear and mourning gripping paris in the wake of unprecedented horror. Coming up, a closer look at the sites targeted in these terror attacks. We stop arthritis pain, so you dont have to stop. Tylenol® 8hr arthritis pain has two layers of pain relief. The first is fast. The second lasts all day. We give you your day back. What you do with it is up to you. Tylenol®. There is shock and mourning in france this day following a sears a series of troyer attacks. 153 dead, dozens more wounded. Officials say eight suspected attackers are dead. Its unclear if more may have been involved. Six locations were targeted. This is what were hearing about the number of casualties according to officials. 112 people were killed at the bataclan concert hall. 14 at the rue restaurant. 19 outside of labellee equipe, and four at respecte. Four people were killed outside the National Stadium north of paris. Diners ducked behind each other as the gunmen shot through the restaurant windows. Heres what one witness saw from the street. Listen. I was watching out the Apartment Building. I believe the shootings occurred, must have while i was in the elevator. I didnt actually hear them. As soon as i get outside, theres a man crouched inside the gate of the Apartment Building with a bleeding hand. My first thought was this guy got into a bar fight or punched a window. He was bleeding from his hand, dripping. I kept walking. About five steps later, i see a bunch of police. Again, it looked like normal Police Activity at this time. It was impossible to tell what was really going on. There were tons of onlookers taking photos. Nobody was clearing out the streets. And then i saw cops with guns huddled behind vans. It looked like a scene from a movie. There were about three dozen firefighters that came out of nowhere and blocked the streets for vehicle traffic. Still, there were onlookers everywhere. They werent telling people to they were trying to ask what was going on, what did they see. Then there was a drip, drip, drip of information. Somebody said this was a shooting. Okay, theres a shooting. But thats somebody says, no, more than one person got shot, and it was a machine gun. And hes still out there. Then you realize that theres a machine gun and hes in the neighborhood, and thats when you run. I got out of there, let me tell you. Did you stay around to see how the situation ended, or did you leave . I got out once i realized there was a guy with a machine gun. I would recommend do the same. I needed to get back to my Apartment Building at some point, so i did a circuitous route. It was only about 30 feet from the apartment i was staying in. Those were 30 feet i did not want to cross. I was way too close as it was. I did not want to be near there. Quite a frightening situation. Were continuing to hear details from some of the people who witnessed fridays attacks in paris. Joining us by phone is barry mozowski, near the epicenter of the carnage, the bataclan concert hall. Tell us where you were and describe what you saw and what you heard. Caller last night i finished an air bnb conference at the concert in paris. On friday to get out of the subway to where i was staying. Ironically, i walked through the area where the batalan area is. 20 minutes after getting to my hotel room, i heard sirens outside the window. Instinctively, i hit the street. I walked to rue, the adjoining street. And there were squadrons of police cars, s. W. A. T. Teams coming in vans. All descending in the area. It was actually very scary because without understanding the context of what was going. On the people around, french people, were saying there was a shooting. Sporadic information started coming through. There was a lack of context. I saw a woman and her daughter talking to the s. W. A. T. Team. And they werent responding to her. Then she crossed the road because the police were like moving people toward me. I said to her, are you okay . In broken english, she said that her son was in the street that the police had cordoned off. And she was very scared. I put my arm around her. We went into one bar. While we were moving, the police began screaming and guns drawn. We couldnt really see what they were looking at. I found myself in a bar with this woman and her daughter and a couple of others. We were scared, and the door was locked. In broken english, i snounderst that i was going to get her a battery charger. I ran it my hotel down the street. When i got in, i grabbed the charger. As i tried to run back, the police had already cordoned off the street. Someone explained there were lone gunmen. It was a tense situation. I went into my hotel and realized there was a film crew and police outside. I wanted to give them water. The lobby assistant in the hotel gave me a couple of bottles. I