Paris terror attacks: Suicide bomber tried to enter football stadium but was stopped by hero security guard
A suicide bomber who tried to enter France’s packed 80,000 capacity
national football stadium was stopped by a heroic security guard.
Thousands
of supporters watching France's friendly against Germany heard two loud
explosions outside the Stade de France about 15 minutes in.
The
guard - identified only by his first name, Zouheir - said he discovered
the attacker's suicide vest while searching him at the entrance.
The
attacker detonated the vest as he backed away from security said
Zouheir, who was told what happened by the security team at the gate.
A
police officer said the suspect may have aimed to detonate his vest
inside the stadium in order to provoke a deadly stampede, reports WSJ.com.
Meanwhile it has emerged that one of the suicide bombers who targeted
Paris was a young Frenchman flagged in the past for links with an
Islamic extremist activity.
Two French police officials said the
man was among attackers who blew himself up after a rampage and
hostage-taking in a Paris concert hall.
French media say he was from Cour Couronne near Paris and "was known as being radicalised".
And
the BBC's Frank Gardner reports the killers were members of a
self-contained terro cell and had travelled to Syria, citing Whitehall
sources.
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Earlier,
police officials said at least one of the suicide bombers who targeted
another site, France's national stadium, was found to have a Syrian
passport.
None of the attackers has been publicly identified.
The fallout from Friday night's barrage of terrorist violence was felt far and wide throughout France on Saturday.
Paris terror attacks: Suicide bomber tried to enter football stadium but was stopped by hero security guard
Updated
BySam Webb
The guard - identified only by his first name, Zouheir -
said he discovered the attacker's suicide vest outside the Stade de
France
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Blast: Forensic experts outside the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis
A suicide bomber who tried to enter France’s packed 80,000 capacity
national football stadium was stopped by a heroic security guard.
Thousands
of supporters watching France's friendly against Germany heard two loud
explosions outside the Stade de France about 15 minutes in.
The
guard - identified only by his first name, Zouheir - said he discovered
the attacker's suicide vest while searching him at the entrance.
The
attacker detonated the vest as he backed away from security said
Zouheir, who was told what happened by the security team at the gate.
A
police officer said the suspect may have aimed to detonate his vest
inside the stadium in order to provoke a deadly stampede, reports WSJ.com. For more information read our live blog here
Sky News
Horror: People leave the scene of an attack at the Stade de France stadium in Paris
Meanwhile it has emerged that one of the suicide bombers who
targeted Paris was a young Frenchman flagged in the past for links with
an Islamic extremist activity.
Two French police officials said
the man was among attackers who blew himself up after a rampage and
hostage-taking in a Paris concert hall.
French media say he was from Cour Couronne near Paris and "was known as being radicalised".
And
the BBC's Frank Gardner reports the killers were members of a
self-contained terro cell and had travelled to Syria, citing Whitehall
sources.
Getty
Fear: Distressed spectators after news of the bombing and terrorist attacks
Earlier,
police officials said at least one of the suicide bombers who targeted
another site, France's national stadium, was found to have a Syrian
passport.
None of the attackers has been publicly identified.
The fallout from Friday night's barrage of terrorist violence was felt far and wide throughout France on Saturday.
Many in the nation spent a sleepless night glued to
TV and online reports detailing the horror of the coordinated assault
that left at least 128 people dead and more than 300 wounded from
shootings and suicide bomb attacks.
Francois Hollande, President of France, declared three days of national mourning at a news conference Saturday.
He squarely put the blame for the attacks on ISIS, which has claimed credit for the carnage.
"It is an act of war that was committed by a terrorist army, a jihadist army against France," a visibly shaken Hollande said.
Movie
theaters, museums and other public institutions in the city and
environs announced early closings on Saturday, on the heels of the
shootings and hostage situation that unfolded at one of the city's most
popular concert venues, the Batalcan, yesterday.
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