5:38 PM EST–BREAKING: Reuters reporting yet another shooting, this one at Les Halles shopping mall. Sky News notes that the mall boasts “the biggest underground station in Western Europe.†The mall had been cited by the newly ISIS-affiliated, previously Al Qaeda-affiliated Somali terrorist group Al Shabaab as a potential target:
BREAKING: Another shooting reported in Paris, at Les Halles shopping mall: Europe 1 Radio. https://t.co/uixSvEfEMR
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) November 13, 2015
Death toll now at more than 60:
France is on “multiple terror attack” mode. More than 60 reportedly dead in Paris: https://t.co/W0SWvIiyAG pic.twitter.com/rWHwkj5XGc
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) November 13, 2015
5:32 PM EST– On Sky News, Francois Heisbourg, former national security advisor to France and current Chairman of the IISS think tank, says “There is only one organization today that would appear to have this capability and that is a jihadi organization.†Meanwhile, ISIS fans have begun to celebrate, using the hashtag باريس_تشتعل#, or #ParisinFlames:
الله اكبر #باريس_تشتعل ذوقوا ما قدمتهم ايديكم يا انجاس ذوقوا طعم الموت الذي سقيتموه الابرياء تلقى تلقى طعاني وهولي + بعقر ديارك تكون المعارك
— انسØال تكتيكي (@ii_o_01ru) November 13, 2015
“God is the greatest… punishment as provided by your hands for you, impure: taste the taste of death that you give to drink to the innocent innocent.â€
عدد قتلى هجمات باريس Ùاق ال 40 وما زال أكثر من 100 رهينة Ù…Øتجزين ÙÙŠ القاعة، العمليّة ضخمة بÙضل الله وقوّته. #باريس_تشتعل #باريس_ريال_مدريد
— أبو القعقاع الشّامي (@IlIl31IlIl) November 13, 2015
“A Massive operation by the grace of Allah above and his power.â€
Allah is just another name for Satan.
The “grace” of Allah? What grace? If ever there was a god who was graceless, it would seem to be that one.
عدد قتلى هجمات باريس ÙÂاق ال 40 وما زال أكثر من100 رهينة Ù…ØÂتجزينÙÂيالقاعة، العمليّة ضخمة بÙÂضل الله وقوّته. #باريس_تشتعل #باريس_ريال_مدريد
Well, there’s no arguing with that, is there?