While Irish fans were reveling in surreal scenes in the Zenica fog, true horror was unfolding only blocks from the Stade de France, where France and Germany were playing a friendly tonight.
Clear that many of the fans at Stade de France still do not know the extent of what has been/still is going on outside stadium. #FRAALL
— Jonathan Johnson (@Jon_LeGossip) November 13, 2015
Details are sketchy, but according to reports, up to 18 people were reported dead in a suicide attacks across Paris, including a bomb explosion at a bar a few blocks from the Stade de France.
An explosion could be heard during the game.
The gates of the stadium were locked after the game and fans flooded onto the pitch.
100s of people have run onto the pitch at the Stade de France, frightened to leave, footage via @v_menichini pic.twitter.com/BHt6G1rY0w
— Get French Football News (@GFFN) November 13, 2015
Stade de France security people were faced with the decision of calling the game off or letting it finish. They chose the latter.
France beat Germany 2-0.
Germany's hotel was evacuated last night.
More to follow
