attacks across Paris on Friday left 129 dead and 349 injured - 96 of which are in a critical condition


A harrowing image has emerged from inside the Bataclan theatre where terrorists opened fire on concertgoers on Friday night - killing at least 89 people and injuring dozens, possibly hundreds, more.

The photograph, taken in the wake of the attack, details the blood stained interior of the concert hall where bodies remain lying on the ground and the floor is covered in debris.

It comes as new footage shows the moment the members of U.S. rock band Eagles of Death Metal stopped their performance midway through a song when gunfire broke out.

The violence at the Bataclan unfolded as part of a series of co-ordinated ISIS attacks across the heart of Paris on Friday evening in the worst violence to strike France since the Second World War.

At least 129 people are dead, and another 349 injured, after the three teams of jihadis attacked the Stade de France football stadium, a handful of bars and cafes, and then finally the Bataclan concert hall.

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A photograph of the theatre hall reveals the bloody horror that unfolded when terrorists opened fire on a crowd of concertgoers at The Eagles of Death Metal rock concert on Friday night

Harrowing footage of the moment the jihadis opened fire at the Bataclan concert hall shows the band's drummer and two guitarists on the darkened stage, illuminated only by the flashing stage lights.

Suddenly, gunfire erupts.

What sounds like a loud popping noise - which survivors said they at first mistook for fireworks - breaks out to the band's left. They instantly stop playing as the horror of what is unfolding before them sinks in.

One of the guitarists then flees the stage, while the drummer jumps down behind his drum kit for cover. All band members have since been confirmed safe and accounted for by a US official, and they left Paris yesterday evening.

But 89 people were killed when the terrorists carried out the shooting inside the theatre, in what was the deadliest flashpoint in a series of co-ordinated attacks across Paris. It is not clear who recorded the video, or if they survived.

Pierre Janaszak, a radio presenter who was at the concert, said: 'They didn't stop firing. There was blood everywhere, corpses everywhere. Everyone was trying to flee.'

He added: 'I clearly heard them say "It's the fault of Hollande, it's the fault of your president, he should not have intervened in Syria".'

The Foo Fighters, who were due to play in the French capital tomorrow night, Lyon on Tuesday night and Barcelona on Thursday night have cancelled the rest of their tour following the attacks.

Irish rockers U2 have also cancelled their Paris shows while alternative metal group Deftones were set to play a three-night run at the terror-hit Bataclan.

Meanwhile, on the second day after the worst terror attack in French history it has emerged:

French police are hunting for three gunmen on the run after Friday's attacks and an ISIS bombmaker likely to have made the suicide vests.

Car used in drive-by shootings at two restaurants found abandoned containing three AK-47s with five full magazines and 11 empty ones.

One of Bataclan suspects was found carrying Syrian passport under the name Ahmed Almuhamed who travelled to France as a migrant through Greece. Ferry tickets reveal he travelled with another man named as Mohammed Almuhamed.

Frenchman Omar Ismaël Mostefai, 29, also named as a Bataclan suicide bomber who was identified by his severed finger. Mostefai's father, a brother and other family members have been held and are being questioned.

The eight-strong ISIS cell alleged to have included three brothers who may all have gathered in a Belgian suburb called the 'Jihad capital of Europe' to collect their AK-47s and suicide vests.

Bataclan survivors claim that one of the four shooters was a woman.

Seven people were detained in Belgium linked to the atrocities - three at the border and four in Brussels.

Video shows the moment the gunfire erupts inside the theatre and the band's drummer dives down behind his drum kit for cover

One of the guitarists then turns and flees the stage (far left), while a second guitarist stays motionless (right), seemingly unable to register what's occurring before him

The gunfire, which broke out in the middle of a song, can be clearly heard in the footage as it drowns out the sound of the band's performance

Jesse Hughes, the lead singer of the rock band The Eagles of Death Metal (pictured centre wearing a puffer jacket) is pictured here leaving Paris last night

The band left the city 24 hours after the horrific attack at their concert. Pictured are members Matt McJunkins (far left), Eden Galindo (centre, wearing a puffy coat) and Dave Catching (far right)

Band members Dave Catching (left), Jesse Hughes (centre, second image) and Matt McJunkins (far right) collect their belongings

BREAKDOWN OF ARRESTS IN CONNECTION WITH PARIS ATTACK There have now been a string of arrests in connection with the terror attacks across central Paris locations on Friday. The arrests so far include: Saturday afternoon: Three people are arrested at the French/Belgian border after police trace their car after it was sighted in Paris at the time of the attacks. Saturday evening: Police arrest seven people in the St Jans Molenbeek district of Brussels after a discarded parking ticket found in the VW Polo seen outside the Bataclan theatre led police there. It is confirmed two of the attackers live in Brussels, with one from the Molenbeek area. Saturday night: Suicide bomber Omar Ismail Mostefai, 29, is identified by his finger, which was found among the carnage at the Bataclan concert hall, and confirmed as one of the terrorists responsible. He killed himself in the attack but six of his family members, including his father, 34-year-old brother and sister-in-law, are arrested in France and their homes searched. Advertisement

At least 129 people died in Paris on Friday night after eight terrorists, including one as young as 15, carried out the co-ordinated attacks. They struck the Stade de France, restaurants, and the packed Bataclan concert hall armed with AK-47s, grenades and wearing suicide vests.

Serbian media claim Ahmed Almuhamed, 25, whose Syrian passport was found on the body of a suicide bomber, allegedly blew himself up at the Bataclan concert hall.

The newspaper Blic claims he arrived with another of the bombers in Europe on the Greek island of Leros on October 3 on his way to Paris. Greek website Protothema has published ferry tickets showing the name of a second man, Mohammed Almuhamed, who could be a relation.

Survivors have also claimed a woman was among the group shooting randomly into the crowd at the gig before the three blew themselves up and a fourth person was shot dead by police before they could detonate their bomb.

Another one of the attackers was named locally as homegrown terrorist Omar Ismaël Mostefai, 29, from Courcouronnes, Paris. The petty criminal was known to police as a radical and identified by the fingerprint on a severed digit found after he detonated his suicide belt.

It is believed two of the bombers were carrying Syrian passports. At least two others are believed to be French while several could also be Belgian.

The disclosure that some may have entered Europe as migrants, which came amid claims of French intelligence failures, inevitably raises new security concerns about the safety of Europe's borders.

Shoot-out: Sparks fly as bullets from the terrorists' machine guns ricochet off the bonnet of a parked car during a shootout with police near the Bataclan which was caught on camera

An armed officer stands outside the theatre, which is just 200 metres from the Charlie Hebdo offices

Tension: Armed police prepare their assault on the terrorists at the Bataclan concert hall, where more than 80 people were slaughtered

A woman is evacuated from the scene of the massacre, where witnesses said gunmen threatened to kill anyone who moved

A member of the French special forces evacuates people, including one man with an injury to his head, from near the Bataclan theatre on Friday night following the shootings

Hundreds of football fans leave the Stade de France on Friday night after the friendly football match between France and Germany. During the game, two bangs were heard when suicide bombers detonated their explosives outside the stadium

A woman looks at the bodies of shooting victims lying in the streets of Paris' 10th district on Friday night after dozens of people at bars and cafes were gunned down by the ISIS killers

French president Francoise Hollande is photographed speaking on his phone from the security control room in Stade de France minutes after being told the attacks were underway on Friday night

Hollande (left) was evacuated from the stadium where he was in attendance for the football. Here he is pictured taking his seat in the crowd alongside German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Being informed: French President Francois Hollande learns from his bodyguard of the terrorist attack in Paris on Friday night

VITAL CLUES MISSED? ONE TERRORIST WAS A PARISIAN ON TERROR WATCHLIST A series of vital clues appear to have been missed before the Paris terror attack. At least one of the terrorists was a Parisian who had been on a watch list for five years, but was not being monitored closely enough to be stopped before he took part in the murderous attack. Greek authorities believe that two of the gunmen sneaked into Europe posing as refugees from Syria – heightening fears that not enough security checks are being carried out on migrants. In May this year, The Mail on Sunday revealed the concerns of security analysts that Islamic State extremists were being smuggled into Europe among refugees crossing the Mediterranean. Yesterday's discovery appeared to confirm those fears. More than a week ago, a heavily-armed suspect was stopped in Germany on his way to Paris. Hidden in his car, police found a terrifying arsenal, including seven Kalashnikov assault rifles and seven hand grenades. The destination programmed into his satnav system was Paris but officers failed to alert anti-terror police. The 51-year-old driver, a Muslim from Montenegro, was arrested and held in custody but has refused to talk. In August, French intelligence detained a 30-year-old man on his way back from Syria who said militants were planning attacks on French concert halls. Prosecutors also said the terrorists used an improved explosive known as TATP, or triacetone triperoxide, which also was used in the 2005 bombings in London and were likely to be homemade with ingredients usually traced by the secret services. French intelligence and security services had been reorganised in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo massacres, which left 16 dead in January. A former senior intelligence officer very familiar with France said he and a lot of French intelligence officials think that after two internal services — the Central Directorate of General Intelligence (RG) and the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DST) — were merged, it created a larger, but far weaker, General Directorate for Internal Security. Alain Charret, an expert on France’s surveillance system, said it was hard for the military to be everywhere and for intelligence to predict everything, 'but the reason why it is usually difficult to track people is because one or two people on their own are involved — here, it seems like it was a big group of organized people, so it should have been tracked more easily.' Advertisement

Meanwhile the black Seat Leon used by the terrorists who murdered diners outside the Casa Nostra pizza restaurant and the La Belle Équipe cafe has been found abandoned 20 minutes away in Montreuil with a cache of weapons inside.

Police are believed to be looking for two suspects on the run as well as the ISIS bombmaker likely to be hiding in France or Europe.

ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attacks across Paris, saying 'eight brothers wearing explosive belts and carrying assault rifles' conducted a 'blessed attack on... Crusader France'.

The killers specifically targeted places where young people were enjoying their Friday evening.

The attacks began at 8.17pm GMT when a thunderous bang rose above the singing of football fans at the Stade de France. Fans, unaware of what caused the sound, continued cheering.

Police said the suicide bomber had detonated his explosives outside the stadium, hoping it would trigger a stampede of crowds which two subsequent suicide bombers in the area would target. Although they also detonated their vests, only one person was killed.

Around eight minutes later, gunmen across town started their assaults on popular bars and cafes. Here they opened fire at the following sites: Le Petit Cambodge, La Casa Nostra, Le Carillon Bar, Belle Equipe Bar, and Comptoir Voltaire.

Pictured from left is French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve, defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Paris police prefect Michel Cadot. The group visited the Paris police command centre today

France, and Paris in particular, are in a state of emergency following the attacks on Friday night which killed 129 people

Prime Minister Manuel Valls speaks with reporters at the police control centre, where police are closely monitoring the city of Paris

Hundreds of spectators at the football game on Friday night invade the pitch after they realise suicide bombs have gone off outside the stadium

The crowd massed on the pitch at the conclusion of the game while authorities ensured the area was safe for people to leave

A police special forces team member takes cover near an ambulance by the Bataclan theatre on Friday night after several gunmen shot dead 89 concertgoers

Injured concertgoers are helped by members of the Paris fire brigade near the Bataclan theatre on Friday night

A man injured in the theatre attack is given medical treatment as he sits on the pavement following the massacre

'THIS IS AN ACT OF WAR': FRENCH AMBASSADOR'S TEARS AT 'FRANCE'S 9/11' French Ambassador to London Sylvie Bermann wept on TV this morning while listening to her country’s national anthem – as she described the Paris attacks as her country’s 9/11. Responding to the horrific attacks in which teams of gunmen killed 129 people in the French capital, she said it was an ‘Act of War’ and had been coordinated by Isis. Miss Bermann, 61, then shed tears while listening to French opera singer Nicolas Courjal sing ‘La Marseillaise’ on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show this morning. She said: ‘I think this is totally different from Charlie Hebdo attacks. This time this is more like 9/11. This is an act of war. Those attacks have been co-ordinated, planned, organised from outside, from Isis. 'It’s really a war, just again, because they’re planning to kill us, and that’s the reason why we are intervening. They know that the US does also, but it’s more difficult because it’s very far away from them.’ Appearing on the same show, British Home Secretary Theresa May said the UK stands ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with France and announced a security review in the UK will examine lessons to be learned from the carnage in Paris. The Home Secretary also suggested the British death toll from the attacks would rise and set out how security is being stepped up across the UK. 'As a result of what has happened in Paris, we will now review that and see if there are any lessons to be learned.' French Ambassador to London Sylvie Bermann, appearing on the Andrew Marr Show this morning, described the attacks as 'an act of war' Advertisement

More than 30 people were killed in the bar and restaurant attacks, in a mixture of shootings and one suicide bombing.

But the deadliest part of the attack occurred last, at the Bataclan, where at 8.49pm the gunmen stormed the hall and began indiscriminately shooting members of the crowd.

The 150-year-old music hall was sold out for the Eagles Of Death Metal concert, who had been on stage for an hour when the four attackers burst into the auditorium with AK-47s blazing. They ordered the audience to lie on the floor.

One shouted in French: 'What you are doing in Syria, you are going to pay for it now.' Another cried: 'This is for Syria.' Then, aiming their weapons, they issued short bursts of fire, killing two or three people at a time.

Survivors would speak later of the terror, of people crawling on top of each other, covering their heads, whispering prayers. For ten minutes, the gunmen slowly picked off their victims as they lay face-down, deliberately pausing for a minute every so often, raising the already appalling sense of dread.

'They shot, recharged their guns, and shot again,' said one man.

Some of the spectators managed to flee from back exits, but for minutes the gunmen shot unimpeded.

Two armed policemen stand guard at the Louvre musseum in Paris today. About 3,000 soldiers have also been deployed on to city streets

French soldiers carrying assault rifles patrol the tourist attraction Trocadero Gardens near the Eiffel Tower today

The country, and Paris in particular, remains on high alert following the horrific ISIS killings on Friday evening

Armed French soldiers sit in a truck in a Paris as they patrol city streets in the wake of the killings

Two soldiers wander beneath the Eiffel Tower today. Thousands of French troops have been deployed around Paris while tourist sites such as the Tower and Disneyland have been closed

Thousands of people gather to commemorate the victims of the terror attacks at Place de la Republique square in Paris this afternoon

A French policeman assists a man covered in blood and speaking on his phone after he was caught at the theatre during the shooting

Rescue workers help victims from Le Belle Equipe, one of the bars attacked by the ISIS gunmen on Friday night

Emergency services stretcher a man wounded in the Bataclan theatre attack from the scene in the chaotic aftermath of the shooting

Soldiers march through the streets of Paris near the La Belle Equipe bar on Friday night. Now, almost 48 hours later, thousands of soldiers have been deployed throughout the city

PARIS MASSACRE: WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR ABOUT THE DEADLIEST TERROR ATTACK TO HIT EUROPE IN A DECADE At least 129 people are dead, and another 352 injured, after three teams of jihadis struck the Stade de France football stadium, a handful of bars and cafes, and then finally the Bataclan concert hall. FIRST TWO ATTACKS: STADE DE FRANCE The attacks began at 8.17pm GMT at the Stade de France where the French football team was hosting Germany in an international friendly.

The game was being watched by 80,000 spectators, among them was President Francois Hollande who had to be evacuated from the stadium.

The first explosion, a suicide bombing, was at an entrance to the stadium. A suicide bomber approached the gate with a match ticket when he was frisked by a security guard who turned him away.

He backed away from the gate and detonated his vest at about 8.20pm GMT near Gate D of the stadium, killing one other person. A passport with the name Ahmed Almuhamed, 25, from Syria, was allegedly found nearby.

A second suicide bomber, Bilal Hadfi, 20, blew himself up near Gate H several minutes later. No one else was reported killed. Hadfi is said to have fought with ISIS in Syria. THIRD ATTACK: LE PETIT CAMBODGE AND LE CARILLON BAR At 8.25pm GMT a separate team of gunmen arrived in a Black Seat and attacked diners at popular Cambodian restaurant Le Petit Cambodge and Le Carillon bar in the trendy Canal Saint-Martin area of eastern Paris, killing 15. Timeline of events: Eight bombers carried out the devastating attacks on Friday night, leaving 129 people dead and another 352 injured FOURTH ATTACK: LA CASA NOSTRA PIZZERIA AND LA BELLE EQUIPE BAR The same unit then drove about 500 yards to La Casa Nostra pizzeria and opened fire on diners on the terrace of the restaurant, killing at least five people.

From there, the militants drove around a mile south-east – apparently past the area of the Bataclan concert venue – to launch another attack, this time on La Belle Equipe bar in Rue de Charonne. At least 19 people died after the terrace was sprayed with bullets at 8.38pm GMT. The attackers then drove off. FIFTH ATTACK: CAFÉ ‘COMPTOIR VOLTAIRE’ Five minutes later, Ibrahim Abdeslam, 31, set off a suicide vest outside the outside cafe 'Comptoir Voltaire' on the Boulevard Voltaire and close to the Bataclan theatre. He hired a black Seat car used in the attack. SIXTH ATTACK: BATACLAN MUSIC HALL At 8.49pm GMT, the third group (believed to be three men and a woman) armed with AK-47s stormed the Bataclan music hall and began shooting members of the crowd. Survivors claim three blew themselves up and a fourth person was shot dead by police before they could detonate their bomb. SEVENTH ATTACK: NEAR STADE DE FRANCE At around 8.50pm GMT a third blast took place near the Stade de France, this time by a McDonald’s restaurant on the fringes of the stadium. The boom caused terror among spectators who had already been attempting to flee the stadium following the first two explosions. The attacker who detonated his suicide vest was identified as a 20-year-old French man living in Belgium. Tearful members of the public view flowers and tributes on the pavement near the scene of the concert hall massacre on Friday AFTERMATH: On Saturday morning, ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks across Paris, saying 'eight brothers wearing explosive belts and carrying assault rifles' conducted a 'blessed attack on... Crusader France'.

On Saturday afternoon, three people travelling in a grey VW Polo were arrested at the French/Belgian border when police traced the car after it was sighted outside the Bataclan theatre at the time of the attacks.

One of the Stade de France suspects was found carrying a Syrian passport under the name Ahmed Almuhamed who travelled to France as a migrant through Greece on October 3. Ferry tickets reveal he travelled with another man named as Mohammed Almuhamed.

However, the French minister of justice Christiane Taubira said on Sunday that the passport under the name Ahmed Almuhamed was a fake.

Omar Ismaël Mostefai, 29, from Courcouronnes, Paris was also named as a Bataclan suicide bomber. The petty criminal and father-of-one was known to police as a radical and had travelled to Algeria and Syria. He was identified by the fingerprint on a severed digit found after he detonated his suicide belt.

Mostefai is believed to have been radicalised by a Belgian hate preacher of Moroccan descent claimed to have regularly preached at his mosque in South West France. His father, a brother and other family members have been held and are being questioned.

The black Seat Leon used by the terrorists who murdered diners outside the Casa Nostra pizza restaurant and the La Belle Équipe cafe was found abandoned 20 minutes away in Montreuil with a cache of weapons inside.

Seven people were detained in Belgium linked to the atrocities - three at the border and four in Brussels. Five are from the Molenbeek area of Brussels known as a 'den of terrorists'.

Iraqi spies warned the West of an ISIS suicide bomber threat the day before the Paris atrocities, it was revealed on Sunday, as more details of major intelligence failures began to emerge. The US-led coalition in Syria was apparently told by Iraqi security sources that 24 extremists were involved in the terror operation planned in the ISIS capital Raqqa and it would involve 19 attackers including five others including bombmakers and planners. No detail was given of when or where an attack might take place.

It has also emerged that Turkey's authorities foiled a plot to stage a 'Jihadi John revenge attack' in Istanbul - involving a high-profile British jihadist - on the same day as the deadly massacre in Paris.

From as far back as August, France's authorities possessed information that militants were said to be planning attacks on French concert halls after a tip-off was received from a 30-year-old man who was detained on his way back from Syria.

On Sunday night there were 42 people still said to be in intensive care in hospital following Friday's terrorist attacks. LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: French police are still hunting for three gunmen on the run, including Brussels-born Frenchman Salah Abdeslam, and an ISIS bombmaker likely to have made the suicide vests.

An international arrest warrant has been issued for Abdeslam, 26, who is accused of renting a Volkswagen Polo used by the suicide bombers. He is one of three brothers believed to be at the heart of the eight-strong ISIS cell.

It emerged on Sunday night that police found Abdeslam near the Belgian border early Saturday but let him go after he showed them his ID card. Officers pulled over the car being driven by Abdelslam on Saturday morning on the A2 motorway between Paris and Brussels. Two other men were also in the Seat car. At the time, officers in Paris knew that Abdeslam had rented the car used by the killers which had been abandoned near the theatre but the information had not been transmitted to those responsible for conducting the border checks.

His brother Ibrahim, 31, blew himself up in a solo attack outside cafe Comptoir Voltaire after renting a black Seat found abandoned today filled with AK-47s and ammunition. A third sibling, named as Mohamed Abdeslam, has been arrested in the Belgian capital.

On Sunday evening the French defence ministry announced that the country's warplanes had bombed Islamic State's stronghold in Syria's Raqa, destroying a command post and a training camp, the defence ministry said. Ten fighter jets were involved, dropping 20 bombs. Advertisement

The first Jihadi suicide bomber named in connection with the terrorist attacks was Mostefai, who was identified by his finger. The digit was found among the carnage of the Bataclan, where the 29-year-old was one of three men who blew himself up.

Born on 21 November 1985, in the Paris suburb of Courcouronnes, Mostefai’s criminal record shows eight convictions for petty crimes between 2004 and 2010.

Although he had never spent any time in jail, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said Mostefai had been picked out as a high-priority target for radicalisation in 2010.

But before Friday, Mostefai had ‘never been implicated in an investigation or a terrorist association'.

A medic tends to a man near the Bataclan theatre on Friday night. The attack on the theatre was carried out simultaneously with other shootings across the heart of Paris. Some 89 people died, making it the deadliest attack of them all

Spectators at Friday night's football match, where suicide bombers failed to detonate explosives inside the stadium, flee from their seats in panic

Emergency services rush an injured person from the Bataclan theatre area in the wake of the horrific attack

President Francois Hollande, flanked to his right by Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and Prime Minister Manual Valls to his left, speaks to reporters near the Bataclan concert hall in the early hours of Saturday morning

Abroad: People arrive to lay candles and flowers at the gate of the French Embassy as the Brandeburg Gate stands illuminated in Berlin

Eiffel Tower: Nepalese journalists and sports personalities participate in a candlelit vigil in Kathmandu for the victims of the Paris attacks

Lit up: People place flowers and light candles in tribute for the victims of the attacks on Place de la Republique in Paris yesterday

Heads bowed: Bono and his fellow U2 band members pay their respects and place flowers near the scene of the Bataclan attack yesterday

Prayers: Women mourn at a candlelit and floral memorial to the victims at the Place de Republique terror attacks in Paris

Investigators are now looking into claims he went to Syria last year, and may have spent time with ISIS terrorists.

Mostefai's father and 34-year-old brother were arrested on Saturday night and their homes were searched.

'It’s a crazy thing, it’s madness,' his brother told French news agency AFP before he was taken into custody. 'Yesterday I was in Paris and I saw how this s*** went down.'

The brother, one of four boys in the family along with two sisters, turned himself in to police after learning Mostefai was involved in the attacks.

While he had cut ties with Mostefai several years ago, and knew he had been involved in petty crimes, his brother said he had never imagined his brother could be radicalised.

Hundreds of people pay their respects today to those killed outside La Carillon restaurant, one of the sites of Friday night's attacks

A woman today adds flowers to a makeshift memorial near the scene of the attack at the Bataclan theatre

A man lights a candle in a makeshift memorial in Paris, where co-ordinated ISIS attacks left 129 people dead on Friday

Flowers are placed in bullets holes which riddle the window of the Carillon Bar where diners were attacked on Friday night

A young woman breaks down in tears at the memorial site by Le Belle Equipe, one of the bars targeted by the attackers

The mourner appeared to give prayers at the site of the attack, where 18 people died when the bar's terrace was sprayed with gunfire

The harrowing attacks has left France in mourning as ISIS claimed responsibility and said it was revenge for France's involvement in Syria

French flag: Hundreds of people attend a vigil for the victims of the Paris attacks at Trafalgar Square in Central London yesterday

Today, as tributes to the victims and statements of solidarity were echoed across the world, German President Joachim Gauck struck a defiant tone against terrorism during an annual event in Germany honoring those killed by war and violent oppression.

The head of state began his speech by remembering those killed in the Paris attacks and pledging solidarity with the people of France. Gauck said the perpetrators of Friday's attacks, which he described as starting 'a new kind of war,' had struck at open societies worldwide.

But he said those responsible for the killings and those who support them, should know 'we'll bow our heads to the dead, but we'll never bow to terror'.

'HELP, HELP, I'M PREGNANT': WOMAN FILMED DANGLING FROM WINDOW IN DESPERATE BID TO ESCAPE GUNMEN The woman, pictured at the top of this image, dangled from the window while bodies were dragged out of the building below her By Thomas Burrows and Tom Wyke This is the terrifying moment a pregnant woman clung to a second floor window ledge at the Bataclan theatre in a desperate attempt to escape the deadly massacre inside. The video footage shows the woman struggling to hold on to the windowsill as people rushed out of the venue's back door, leaving a trail of blood as they dragged their dying friends from the scene. Terrified, she screams for help and shouts 'help, help, I'm pregnant' as people rush out of the theatre past the dead bodies outside the exit. The footage shows how bodies lie by the entrance – all apparently dead, before one moves and attempts to stand. Bleeding heavily, and unable to lift themselves, the camera captures the moment they try to use their phone – possibly to call for help. The video was taken by Le Monde journalist Daniel Psenny from his flat in a building opposite. He was later injured himself, shot in the arm through his window. 'Sometimes there are some rough evacuations,' Psenny explained, 'but at that moment, everyone was running from all sides, I saw guys on the floor, blood ... I understood that it was serious. 'I opened the door of the building, and there was a man lying on the sidewalk,' he said. 'With another man, I pulled him into the lobby.' At that point Mr Psenny was shot in the arm. 'They shot at 'very young' people in the violent attack which lasted around 15 minutes, said Julien Pearce, a journalist at Europe 1. The gunmen, who witnesses have described as young men in theirs 20s, reloaded three or four times as they gunned down innocent people at random. Witness Philippe, 35, said: 'They fired into the crowd and people tried to escape but the attackers said: "If you move, we'll kill you".' He heard the attackers say: 'What's happening to you, is your fault. We are avenging our brothers in Syria.' Advertisement

Was Paris attack planned by a Belgian terror cell in the 'Jihad capital of Europe'? Police investigating links between killer gang that included THREE BROTHERS, a homegrown terrorist and 'refugee' suicide bomber who used a Syrian passport

By Martin Robinson, Darren Boyle and Emma Glanfield

The eight-strong ISIS cell who murdered 129 people in Paris included three brothers who may all have gathered in a Belgian suburb called the 'Jihad capital of Europe' to collect their AK-47s and suicide vests.

The killer gang, containing a number of Frenchman living in Belgium, two others carrying Syrian passports after sneaking into Europe disguised as migrants and a female accomplice, are believed to have travelled together from Brussels to Paris in rented cars.

French and Belgian police are investigating links between the cell and the Molenbeek area of Brussels known as a 'den of terrorists'.

Seven people have been arrested in connection with the France attacks in Belgium in the past 24 hours and five are from Molenbeek.

Incredible footage shows armed officers swarm on at least one man and force him to kneel down as they detain him on a wall as shocked shoppers look on in the St Jans Molenbeek area of Brussels, Belgium, at around 5pm UK time yesterday. It came as Belgian police made a number of arrests in Brussels hours after the deadly attacks in Paris, after a car seen in the French capital was intercepted at the border

An armed officer stood guard and kept a look-out as one of the terror suspects was arrested in the St Jans Molenbeek area of Brussels yesterday. The suspect was later taken into police custody where he will be questioned in connection with the horror attacks in France

Three suspects were held after a discarded parking ticket found in a Volkswagen Polo rental car used by the terrorists in Paris led them to the same street where a gunman who opened opened fire on a high-speed train in August had lived.

It has emerged a woman may have been part of the eight-strong ISIS kamikaze terror squad and three brothers may also have taken part.

Prosecutors in Brussels said today two vehicles used in the terror attack were rented there and another dumped in Paris has Belgian plates.

Belgian Justice Minister Koen Geens confirmed that the driver of a black Volkswagen Golf linked to the attack is a suspected Paris cell member and the brother of a jihadi fighter currently in Syria.

A black Seat Leon with Belgian plates used by the terrorists who murdered diners outside the Casa Nostra pizza restaurant and the La Belle Équipe cafe has been found abandoned in Paris with three AK-47s with five full magazines and 11 empty ones.

Officers are still hunting for two gunmen on the run and the bomb maker who made the killer gang's suicide vests.

Leaving the Stade de France: Suicide bombers who targeted the stadium in Paris were found to have Egyptian and Syrian passports

Care on the scene: Rescue workers help a woman after the shooting outside the Bataclan theatre in Paris on Friday night

Tearful: A woman cries near Le Petit Cambodge restaurant, one day after the deadly attack on the citizens of the French capital

Reaction: A woman cries in front the Carillon cafe in Paris yesterday after the attacks, carried out by the terrorist group ISIS

Red stains: Bullet holes are seen through the glass door of a cafe near Casa Nostra yesterday after Friday's terror attack in Paris

'INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE': THERESA MAY CONFIRMS BRITISH SPECIAL FORCES ARE ON ALERT Special forces have been deployed to some of Britain's landmarks and busiest spots in the biggest security response since the 2005 London bombings. Theresa May, the Home Secretary, told the Andrew Marr Show that since the 2008 Mumbai attacks, British police had been preparing for an armed attack by gangs of gunmen. ‘What we have done over the years since the Mumbai attack is ensure that we have the capability, our police have the capability, they have changed their training so that they can go and deal with these incidents.' Responding to reports SAS soldiers were on the streets of Britain, Mrs May said there were ‘tried and tested’ measures for the military to support the police in counter-terrorist operations. She said there was already ‘an increased police presence on some streets and some events’. Experts have also said there are as many as 2,000 people 'of interest' in the UK to MI5 and security services. Speaking on Newsnight, BBC Correspondent Richard Watson said: 'In France, ten people per week for the last five months have travelled to Syria and many of them have come back. 'In the UK, 760 people are assessed to have travelled out to Syria. Sixty people are assessed to have died fighting in Syria and half are back in the UK already. 'There are 2,000 people of interest in the UK to MI5 and security service. The question is how do you keep tabs on 2,000 people?' He said messages between ISIS supporters following the French attacks urged them to 'act when you're ready', 'wait for the word' and that the UK was 'very hot' with police action so said they should 'bide your time and wait until you're safe'. Armed City of London Police were clearly visible as participants during yesterday's Lord Mayor's show as Britain beefed up its security Advertisement

'You are and always will be the love of my life': Girlfriend's heart-breaking message to British victim of Paris massacre as she reveals he died the day after the third anniversary of their first date

By Simon Murphy and Tim Walker for the Mail on Sunday and Stephanie Linning for MailOnline

They were the faces not of soldiers or politicians, or people who wanted to wage war. They were for the most part fresh-faced youngsters who had hoped only to enjoy a night out at a rock concert.

Sweet nature: Nick Alexander at the Paris venue

Within hours of the terrorist attacks, their images started appearing on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. All that relatives and those who loved them wanted to know was… were they alive?

One was Nick Alexander from Colchester in Essex, who had been selling merchandise by rock band Eagles Of Death Metal as fans thronged into the Bataclan.

His girlfriend Polina Buckley, believed to be from New York, was quick to begin posting messages on Twitter after hearing about events in the French capital. By mid-afternoon yesterday she knew Nick was dead. She found out not from the authorities but from details posted online. Her heartbroken response was to upload a picture of her and Nick sharing a kiss with the message: ‘You are and always will be the love of my life, Nick Alexander.’

Today it emerged that the secretary of the Everton French supporters' group was also among those killed in the theatre attack.

The death of Caroline Prénat, a 24-year-old who was also at the Bataclan, was also announced online, on a friend’s Twitter account.

Valentin Ribet, a young lawyer who studied at the London School of Economics, was confirmed dead on Twitter by the university. ‘Our hearts are filled with sadness at this news,’ an announcement stated.

American exchange student Nohemi Gonzalez was killed in one of the restaurant attacks last night. The 23-year-old,from El Monte, California, was studying at the Strate College of Design in Paris.

Former Premier League midfielder Lassana Diarra took to social media to confirm his cousin, Asta Diakite, was among those killed, calling her a 'great support' in his life.

Three Universal Music France employees are believed to be among those killed in the theatre, with company president Pascal Negre paying tribute to colleagues 'Thomas, Mary and Manu' on Twitter.

Music journalist Guillame B. Decherf, and Djamila Houd, 41, both from France have also been confirmed as victims. Mr Decherf, 43, a writer who covered rock music for the French culture magazine Les Inrocks.

Mathieu Hoche, 38, a technician at France24 news channel, also killed at the concert. A friend, Antoine Rousseay, tweeted about how passionately Hoche loved rock `n' roll.

Spanish television said Alberto González Garrido, originally from Malaga, also died at the concert. His family had been informed, Spanish officials said.

According to his Facebook page, the 29-year-old played for the Joven Orquesta Sinfónica de Granada (Granada Youth Symphony Orchestra).

Two more Spaniards were today named among the Paris dead. Spanish diplomatic sources said they were Jorge Alonso de Celada and Alberto Pardo Touceda.

Germany's Foreign Ministry said one of its citizens was killed in the attacks.

An Algerian violinist, Kheireddine Sahbi, who was enrolled at the Sorbonne was killed last night, according to reports on Twitter.

Sadness: Polina Volkova, the girlfriend of Eagles Of Death Metal's merchandise manager Nick Alexander (right in photo), sits near a memorial

A man named only as 'Christophe' is among those still unaccounted for. Right, Caroline Prenat, 24, was killed on a night out with friends

Dead: Former LSE student Valentin Ribet, left, Mathieu Hoche, centre, and Marie Lausch, right, all died in the attacks

Missing: Fourteen-year-old Jawed Benlamaet, left, and Thomas Duperron, right, are both feared dead by loved ones after the attacks

Missing: Gaelle Messager, left, Isabelle Merlin, centre, and Maud Serrault, right, are all feared dead by loved ones after the attacks

Dead: Marie Mosser, left, Francois-Xavier Prevost, centre, and Lola Salines, right, were named as three of the victims of the terror attack

Newlywed Mohamed Amine Benmbarek, from Morocco and his wife were also caught up in the attack. Mr Benmbarek died while his wife remains in critical condition, according to social media.

Two of the victims were Mexican women with dual nationality, Mexico's foreign ministry said on Saturday.

A Turkish woman who was living in Paris with her Belgian husband was also among those killed. The family of Elif Doğan said they were 'shocked' by the news of her death, according to reports.

A German man, who has not been named, was shot dead as he ate with two colleagues at a Cambodian restaurant targeted by gunmen. He was working at the Paris office of Italian architect Renzo Piano.

A 63-year-old Portuguese man who lived and worked in Paris died when a suicide attacker detonated explosives at a McDonald's near the Stade de France.

Sweden's prime minister, Stefan Lofven, confirmed that a Swedish national had been killed. There were unconfirmed reports of a Swede wounded by gunfire, Lofven said.

Two Romanians and two Belgians are also among the victims, according to the countries' foreign ministries.

Tunisian sisters aged 34 and 35, who lived in eastern France, were massacred as they celebrated a friend's birthday, according to French newspaper Le Figaro.

Spectators embrace each other as they stand on the playing field of the Stade de France stadium on Friday night

On the run: Different areas in the French capital were attacked simultaneously on Friday night by three teams of terrorists

Taken away: A 'handful' of Britons are feared to have died in the attacks - one of which happened near the Bataclan theatre on Friday

From above: The scene following a shoot out in Paris during the attacks on Friday, for which Islamic State has claimed responsibility

Emergency services: The aftermath of the terrorist attack at Bataclan in Paris on Friday night as France declared a state of emergency

Remembered: People place flowers and light candles in tribute for the victims of the 13 November attacks near the Bataclan concert venue

In the US: French students gather in New York City's Union Square to honour the victims of the deadly attacks in Paris with a candlelit vigil

'We hid in a cellar for three hours to escape ISIS gunmen': Two British women reveal they heard 'bullets, grenades, explosions, screams' from Bataclan hall and Jihadi suicide bombers spoke to each other in French

By Julian Robinson

Two British women have revealed how they hid in a cellar for three hours - and heard ISIS gunmen slaughtering concert goers above at the Bataclan theatre.

Best friends Mariesha Payne and Christine Tudhope, from Scotland, said they heard bullets, grenades, explosions and screams coming from above as Jihadi suicide bombers went on the rampage.

Mother-of-two Mrs Payne, 33, said: 'I never thought I would see my children again. I cannot believe we got out alive.'

Speaking later to Sky News as they arrived back at Edinburgh airport, Ms Tudhope said she initially thought the gunfire was firecrackers. Mrs Payne then saw bullets hitting the stage.

Survived: Mariesha Payne and Christine Tudhope (holding a glass) are pictured left at the concert ahead of the massacre. They are pictured right on their return to Edinburgh airport

'A second round went off, most people ducked, but I just said run, just get out of here. In the confusion if we had gone left we would have instantly been out onto the street and probably the first people out of the building, but, just confused, we ran right and ended up being in a room that we couldn't get out of.

'There were no exits but we found a door to the cellar, which we just ran into but then realised we were trapped and there was no way out of there.

'A few seconds later the door burst open and we just thought, they're coming we are going to die.

'It was two other concert goers, we managed to barricade ourselves in, turn the lights out and we were then trapped there for the next three hours just having to listen to what was happening.'

Hanna Corbett and Jack Konda, (pictured togethe), were watching rock group Eagles of Death Metal when the terrorists struck

The friends said they thought would never get out, and were 'sitting there waiting to get shot' as they listened to as more than 80 people being killed above them.

Although they did not think it at the time, they said being trapped in the cellar was 'a blessing'.

'We later found out if we had gone left and into the street they were shooting from the windows,' Ms Payne said.

Hanna Corbett and Jack Konda, both 21, dropped to the floor along with the rest of the crowd and narrowly avoided being killed as they managed to crawl on their hands and knees to safety as four masked militants armed with AK-47s went on the rampage.

University of Nottingham history student Miss Corbett, from St Albans, Hertfordshire, said: 'It just feels like a nightmare and so surreal. It was towards the end of the gig and we heard what sounded like firecrackers or fireworks.

'Everyone thought it was part of the show but then I saw the lead singer's face turn white with fear and the band fled the stage. They looked so petrified.

'I'd never heard a gun before and didn't expect it. It felt like the shooters were near to us. I thought we were going to die. It must have taken about 10 minutes to get to the exit. But everything was moving in slow motion.

Mr Corbett, who is originally from New South Wales, Australia, and moved to London said: 'When we dropped to the floor, everyone just thought that was it - we weren't getting up again.

'I remember looking up and seeing a guy walking around the perimeter of the room with a gun in his hands. He just looked like a normal bloke. He was wearing clothes like a T-shirt and jeans. He didn't look angry or manic. He wasn't shouting.

'It just looked like it was an everyday thing for him. My heart sank and I knew then that is when we needed to get out as fast as possible.

'I grabbed Hanna's hand and we just made our way to the exit as fast as possible, while saying low to the ground. It was a bit of a conundrum whether to crawl or stand up and make a bigger target of yourself.

'There was gunfire erupting behind us but we didn't turn around. Considering what was happening it was strangely quiet apart from the sound of gunfire, which might have drowned out any screams.

'I heard gasps of horror. Some people were pretending to be shot and staying quiet. People were on their bellies. Some of them were not moving. It was such a relief when we got out those doors.

'It was terrifying. Hanna had come to see me for the weekend and I thought we'd go to a rock concert, then for some cocktails and dinner. The next thing we know we were caught up in this.'

Survivor Michael O'Connor described how he thought he was going to die during the massacre at the venue. He told how a gunman fired indiscriminately into the crowd, changing the magazine of his automatic rifle as people tried to flee for their lives.

Mr O'Connor, from South Shields, told the BBC of the chaos inside the venue with 'people falling all over the place, people screaming, people just clawing and running and pushing to get away'.

Michael O'Connor (left), 30, from South Shields described how he desperately tried to protect his girlfriend by lying on on top of her as the massacre unfolded

He said: 'Once I half-realised what was going on, my first instinct was to get me and my girlfriend out of there. The attackers, I don't think I heard them saying anything or shouting anything or making any demands, they were just firing indiscriminately into the crowds.

'Once he had emptied the magazines, everybody got back up and tried to make another dash for the exit, and then he just reloaded and started to fire into us all again.'

Mr O'Connor, who described the scene as a 'slaughterhouse', lay on top of his girlfriend to try to protect her as people played dead to avoid attracting the attention of the gunmen.

Meanwhile, a 12-year-old survivor of the Paris attacks heard one of the terrorists mention Syria as he lay in fear next to a dead body.

Oscar Leader was with his father John when the horror unfolded in the French capital and the pair have spoken about their ordeal.

Mr Leader said he was screaming out his son's name as the 'organised' terrorists attacked. The pair, believed to be from Australia, were inside the Bataclan concert venue, according to The Australian.

Mr Leader told CNN: 'We heard this 'bang bang bang', and like everybody else we thought it was fireworks or part of the show. Then I felt something go past my ear... was it a bullet or something? I didn't know what it was.

Oscar Leader (left) was with his father John (right) when the horror unfolded in the French capital and the pair have spoken about their ordeal

'Then I realised something's coming out, something's going towards the stage. At that point I think everybody understood. Everybody threw themselves on the ground.'

He added: 'I saw the two shooters. One was changing his magazine, so he had a whole load of magazines in front of him. He had a big vest on. He looked like a young fellow ... nothing particular at all.

Survivor Isobel Bowdery, 22, told how she played dead as she lay in the blood of strangers for an hour while terrorists circled 'like vultures'.

Recalling the sound of the cries of people who were holding their dead relatives, Isobel Bowdery said she felt 'incredibly lucky to survive'.

Alongside a Facebook status that has been shared more than 400,000 times and liked more than one million times, Ms Bowdery posted a picture of the blood-stained top she had been wearing on Friday night.

She wrote: 'Shocked and alone, I pretended to be dead for over an hour, lying among people who could see their loved ones motionless ... Holding my breath, trying to not move, not cry - not giving those men the fear they longed to see. I was incredibly lucky to survive. But so many didn't.'

She said she had been shielded by someone during the assault, helped in the road by strangers and consoled by people, making her 'believe this world has the potential to be better'.