One of the hostages trapped inside Bataclan concert hall by ISIS terrorists has told of the most terrifying two-and-a-half hours of his life.
Stéphane T, 39, was ordered into a small room by one of the gunmen along with a dozen or so others at the Eagles of Death Metal gig who were told: "We will not kill you, follow us".Over a terrifying 180 minutes, the terrorists told the hostages the attack was retaliation for French intervention in Syria.
"They brought us all together and we sat down. They gave us a speech saying: "You can thank President Hollande, because it's thanks to him that you must suffer this.
"We have left our wives and children in Syria, under the bombs.
"We are part of the Islamic state and we are here to avenge our families and loved ones of the French intervention in Syria," recounted Stéphane to French publication L'Humanité.
Stéphane was on the balcony when the terrorists burst in.
Like others, he thought it was firecrackers, until the screams cut in.
Immediately he thought about escaping and ran to the doors that lead down to the ground floor, but realised if he went downstairs he could be hit.
From the balcony, he saw the terrorists for the first time, holding Kalashnikovs.
He listened as they shot for five or minute minutes, recharging many times.
When the terrorists came upstairs, Stéphane and four or five others with him tried to take shelter under seats but they were seen.
© Getty Raid: French police commandos of the Search and Intervention Brigade (BRI) pose with a bullet-hole riddled riot shield
Two of the attackers approached them but instead of firing they ordered: “We will not kill you, come with us.”
He and about a dozen others were moved into a corridor concealed by a door.
Three hostages were placed in front of the door and Stéphane was placed as a human shield in front of a window looking out onto the street and was told to inform the terrorists if he saw any police.
He stayed in that position looking out of a window for two hours. Looking straight across into another apartment he could see a television was on.
At one point he saw two heavily-armed police men in the road. They nodded at him, and moved on.
The terrorists wanted to use Stéphane and the other hostages - of which two were women - to pass messages to police.
“'Tell them we have hostages, we want to negotiate. we want a walkie talkie'. I don’t know how they thought they were going to get hold of one,” said Stéphane.
The terrorists found out two of the hostages were a couple and said they would send one out to speak to police and if the person didn’t return, they would kill their partner.
One hostage was sent out to tell police: “They are armed, they have explosive belts, you must retreat.”
Source: MSN
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