153 dead in terror attack in Paris

- Closing of the country’s borders.

-Shuttering of all metro stations in Paris, and all schools and universities in the region on Saturday.

Hollande vowed to find those responsible for the carnage.

"To all those who have seen these awful things, I want to say we are going to lead a war which will be pitiless," Hollande vowed. "Because when terrorists are capable of committing such atrocities they must be certain that they are facing a determined France, a united France, a France that is together and does not let itself be moved, even if today we express infinite sorrow."

The terror began with a blast outside the soccer stadium, just north of Paris.

Roughly 70,000 spectators were packed into the stadium watching France play Germany when the crack of the explosion split the air. The explosion was loud enough to be heard inside the stadium, over the roaring of the fans, video of the match shows.

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At least four people were killed in the explosions. A police union official said there were two suicide attacks and a bombing.

Soon, the violence spread through the city.

Around 100 people were held hostage inside the Bataclan concert hall, watching California band Eagles of Death Metal as attackers opened fire on the crowd, authorities said. The popular nightspot, initially packed with more than 1,000 people, was turned into a deathtrap after attackers hurled explosives at their captives.

Reports put the number of dead at the concert at 112."It was carnage," Marc Coupris, 57, still shaking after being freed from the venue, told the Guardian. "It looked like a battlefield, there was blood everywhere, there were bodies everywhere. I was at the far side of the hall when shooting began. There seemed to be at least two gunmen. They shot from the balcony."

As police stormed the building three attackers blew themselves up and one was shot by police, officials said. Three more died at the stadium and a fourth was killed in a street in Paris.

Julien Pearce was able to escape and told CNN of 10 minutes of uninterrupted gunfire after the black-clothed terrorists stormed the theater, sending the crowd to the ground. He said one gunman who was unmasked was no older than 25.

As he escaped, Pearce said he saw 20 to 25 dead bodies strewn across the floor.

Anti-terrorist police could be seen flooding into the area, as well as soldiers.Earlier, two terrorists opened fire at Le Carillon bar, while another shot up the Cambodge restaurant in the city’s 10th Arrondissement, according to French media.

Kalashnikov-wielding gunmen appeared to flood the streets of the Bastille area of the city, while grenade blasts were also heard.

It is thought that at least 35 died in the restaurant shootings, while gunfire was also heard in other bars around the French capital.

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The shootings happened along Rue de la Fontaine au roi, Rue de Charonne and Rue Voltaire and Rue Albert, Le Figaro reported.

During a midnight address to France, Hollande took the drastic step of closing the country’s borders and declared a state of emergency, "which means certain places will be closed and travel may be banned."