140 people are dead tonight after a series of shootings and explosions in Paris.
A Kalashnikov-wielding gunman is thought to have gone on the rampage in the French capital and explosions rang out near the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.
Gunfire was heard inside a restaurant close to Rue Bichat, in the 10th arrondissement of the city soon after 9pm.
Shouting and screaming also rang out as the shooting began.
Several minutes later more shots were fired at live music venue Bataclan near Place de la Republique which is a short walk away.
Up to 118 people are understood to be held hostage at the venue where Eagles of Death Metal were due to play to a big crowd.
Reports emerging suggest all of them have now been killed. Three terrorists are also reported to have died during a shootout with French police.
A further forty are said to have been killed in a series of attacks in as many as six locations.
A terrorist behind the Paris attacks who allegedly posed as a Syrian refugee was rescued by Greek authorities after the migrant boat he had smuggled himself on sunk, it has been claimed.
According to Serbian media, a Syrian passport belonging to Ahmed Almuhamed was found at the scene of the attack at the Stade de France.
Now a Greek newspaper claims to have discovered the 25-year-old and a family member, called Mohammed Almuhmed, were rescued from a wrecked migrant boat that had sunk on the journey from Syria.
The rescued men were brought to the island of Leros on October 3. They were among a convoy of 69 refugees who were regist
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