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Paris soccer stadium placed on lockdown following nearby explosions

French President Francois Hollande was in attendace at the soccer match and was evacuated from the stadium.

Shootings and explosions in central Paris have forced Stade de France, site of a friendly soccer match between France and Germany, to be locked down, according to multiple reports.

Reports have indicated as many as to 26 people were killed in shooting and explosions at four different locations, including explosions near the stadium.

"I came out of the stadium and people are crying, "They are going to shoot me! They are going to shoot me!'" Goal's Loic Tanzi said from the stadium.