5:13 PM EST–Paris police say there are now about 100 hostages trapped in Paris theater:
PARIS UPDATE: Police official says around 100 hostages taken at Paris theater; 35 dead
https://t.co/LF8KUK6khL — ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) November 13, 2015
5:13 PM EST– British Prime Minister David Cameron has issued a statement offering “whatever we can do to help” to the French government:
PM: I am shocked by events in Paris tonight. Our thoughts and prayers are with the French people. We will do whatever we can to help.
— UK Prime Minister (@Number10gov) November 13, 2015
5:11 PM EST– The UK Telegraph reports that a man inside Bataclan theater was able to speak to Paris radio, and says he heard cries of “Allahu akbar”:
Louis, inside the Bataclan, told France Info radio the men opened fire and shouted “Allah Akbar”.
He only saw silhouettes. He said: “The men came in and started shooting. Everyone fell to the ground. It was hell.
I took my mum, and we hid. Someone near us said they have gone, so we ran out. I was only thinking of escaping.
We’re out now. I think people are still inside.
It’s a nightmare – a nightmare.”
5:05 PM EST–Paris Deputy Mayor Patrick Klugman tells CNN police are beginning to feel confident it is a terror attack – and, if it is, “it could be worst ever in Paris”:
“It looks like terror attacks, it could be worst ever in Paris” #Paris Deputy Mayor Patrick Klugman to @wolfblitzer
https://t.co/uNTvMVKEFS — Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) November 13, 2015
5:05 PM EST– More images from the scene of the incident, including video of police entering the scene: