At least 120 people, most of them young music, soccer fans and Parisians, were killed Friday night when a series of terror attacks were carried out at popular nightspots in Paris, France, with the bloodiest incident occurring at a famed concert hall where an American rock band was performing. French President Francois Hollande has already condemned the attacks as terrorism and vowed that his government would stand firm in what is the most violent event in the European nation since World War II.

At the Bataclan Concert Hall where the largest massacre was carried out, fans of the rock group Eagles of Death Metal were held hostage before captors detonated a series of “explosive belts”. Many media sources are reporting gruesome details that French police and other security authorities discovered upon entering the music venue after the explosions took place.

According to the Associated Press, eight terrorist attackers were found dead on site — seven by suicide and one at the hands of the city’s security forces.

The AP has also reported that some suspects responsible for the attack may still be at large. A manhunt is underway, and emergency investigations are currently taking place to unearth any possible accomplices for the shocking death toll.

Innocent people lost their lives at six sites, which not only included Bataclan but other similar cafes and bars (Le Carillon, Le Petit Cambodge and Le Belle Equipe) as well as the national stadium, Stade de France.

According to the AFP, 200 people were injured, 80 seriously.

This from the Chicago Tribune:

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks. Jihadists on Twitter immediately praised them and criticized France’s military operations against Islamic State extremists. Witnesses in the concert hall described hearing attackers say “Allahu Akbar.”

Hollande declared a state of emergency and announced that he was closing the country’s borders, although officials later said they were just re-imposing border checks that had been removed after Europe created its free-travel zone in the 1980s.

Metro lines shut down and streets emptied on the mild fall evening as fear spread through the city, still aching from the horrors of the Charlie Hebdo attack just 10 months ago.

The attack unfolded with and three suicide bombings outside the national stadium during a soccer match between the French and German national teams.

“A determined France, a united France, a France that joins together and a France that will not allow itself to be staggered even if today, there is infinite emotion faced with this disaster, this tragedy, which is an abomination, because it is barbarism,” said Hollande Friday night.

United States President Barack Obama, reacted similarly to the horrific news calling it “an attack on all humanity” to reporters in Washington, and that it was an “outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians”. He also pledged support to France in doing whatever it takes to bring those responsible to justice.

Stay tuned to the blog for additional details on this developing story.