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Paris Attacks: Bataclan Hostage Takers Allegedly Wanted to Contact Media

© AP Photo / Thibault CamusRescue workers help a woman after a shooting, outside the Bataclan theater in Paris, Friday Nov. 13, 2015.
Rescue workers help a woman after a shooting, outside the Bataclan theater in Paris, Friday Nov. 13, 2015. - Sputnik International
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The terrorists who took hostages at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris wanted to get in touch with local television channels, French media reported citing one of the hostages who survived Friday’s ordeal.

French fire brigade members aid an injured individual near the Bataclan concert hall following fatal shootings in Paris, France, November 13, 2015 - Sputnik International
Shootout Between Terrorists and Paris Police Outside Bataclan Concert Hall
“There were four or five phone calls made… The terrorists ordered the hostages to contact BFM TV and iTELE, but they couldn’t,” the former hostage told L'Humanité daily newspaper.

“They came there to kill, no doubt about that, but the way they were taking people hostage showed that they knew they were going to blow themselves up. But it seems to me that they did not know when exactly they were going to do that,” the ex-hostage said.

France has declared a national state of emergency and tightened borders after 129 people were killed in a night of gun and bomb attacks in Paris.

More than eighty people were reported killed after gunmen burst into the Bataclan concert hall and took hostages before security forces stormed the hall.

People were shot dead at restaurants and bars at five other sites in Paris. More than 350 people were injured.

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