Shootings and explosions in several locations in and around Paris have reportedly left dozens of people dead.
NPR's Eleanor Beardsley is reporting from Paris that there were at least three locations where violence broke out. French police have reportedly taken control of one location, and two attackers have been killed.
She says the first attack was a shooting around 9:30 p.m. local time that took place in front of a restaurant. People in a car reportedly opened fire with Kalashnikovs.
Another shooting attack happened in a concert hall called the Bataclan, where, she says, a hostage situation is currently unfolding. This is the location that police have secured and where two attackers were killed.
Eleanor reported that the third attack involved two explosions near the national stadium, just outside the city, where a soccer game between Germany and France was being played. "The stadium is being evacuated," Eleanor said. "The police have told everyone to go home in Paris."
This video taken at the soccer game appeared to capture the sound of an explosion.
"People are saying that Paris is under attack again," Eleanor said, referring to the terrorist attack that shook Paris in January.
French President Francois Hollande addressed the nation, announcing that he had declared a state of emergency and had put additional restriction on France's international borders.
Eleanor says that although little is known about the hostage situation at the concert hall, law enforcement officers who stormed the venue heard gunfire but didn't know where it was coming from. She says police have locked down the neighborhoods around the two places in Paris.
She said French TV is getting information from people on the scene. "Many people were crying and the news channels had to cut them off because they couldn't have that kind of thing on the air to panic people because nobody really knows what's going on."
