Written by Phillip Bupp at Bloguin
News is coming in by the minute that there have been shootings in Paris as well as three explosions just outside the Stade de France while France and Germany were having their friendly in an apparent organized terrorist attack. France President Francois Hollande was at the game and was safely evacuated while the game continued as normal.
While some will question the decision to keep the game going and act as if nothing happened, it really is the best decision to keep playing. Unless something happens inside the stadium, it doesn’t make sense to stop a game and 81,000 people leave into a potentially dangerous war zone.
Current reports from The Guardian and BBC have at least 35 people dead (although French police report more) after various attacks including a shootout outside a restaurant and at a bar near the Stade de France. There was also a shooting at a concert hall called the Bataclan and is now the location of over 100 people being taken hostage according to French police. The BBC has a map of Paris showing where these attacks have taken place.
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