Paris attacks: What happened at Stade de France?

Tom Burridge analyses what happened at the Stade de France when three suicide bombers tried to enter during the Paris attacks.

The first of three explosions occurred outside the Stade de France stadium on the northern fringe of Paris where France were playing Germany in an international football friendly.

A man wearing a suicide belt was reportedly prevented from entering the stadium after a routine security check detected the explosives.

A second man detonated his suicide vest outside a different stadium entrance at 21:30

A third suicide bomber blew himself at a fast-food outlet near the stadium at 21:53. The attackers all wore identical explosive vests.

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