Paris attacks: SA survivor describes ordeal

Paris attacks: SA survivor describes ordeal

A South African woman has described the scene from inside the Bataclan Hall in Paris where gunmen stormed a rock concert, killing at least 89 people on Friday night.

Paris Attack- Facebook

Isobel Bowdery says she 'played dead' for about an hour to try and survive the massacre. 


The 22-year-old graduated from the University of Cape Town last year. 


A Facebook post of her bloodied shirt was shared more than 1.3-million times. 


Bowdery also described online that for 45 minutes she thought her boyfriend had been killed. 


She said futures were demolished and families heartbroken in an instant. 

you never think it will happen to you. It was just a friday night at a rock show. the atmosphere was so happy and...

Posted by Isobel Bowdery on Saturday, November 14, 2015

One of the survivors of the attack on the theatre has told Sky News they hid in the building's cellar for three hours.


"People didn't know what it was. They thought that it was part of the show. Even the lead singer looked at his feet and then when the second round of bullets went off, that's when he stopped playing and ran and people just screamed," she said. 


The terror attacks claimed the lives of at least 129 people in the city. 


Meanwhile, Belgium has issued an international arrest warrant for one of the three brothers linked to the brutal attacks in Paris. 


Security forces say one of the brothers died in the Bataclan hall, while a second was detained along with six others in Belgium. 


France is due to mourn the victims of the massacre today by holding a minutes' silence. 


French warplanes pounded the Islamic State's de facto capital in Syria yesterday, dropping about 20 bombs on IS targets in Raqa. 


President Francois Hollande has declared to hit back without mercy.

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