did you know, rather quickly, what this meant, what was happening? translator: the amplitude of the attack, the violence, made me think straight away that it was linked to the situation with the terrorists. to the time as well. it was very early, 4:00. it s not a normal hour for police assaults. are you surprised that they were this group of people were just a few blocks from city hall in saint-denis? translator: of course, we re surprised. nothing can make us believe that this could happen. as we speak, we do not have the identities of these people. it seems they arrived yesterday, but still, all needs to be confirmed by the authorities. but of course, we re surprised. for americans that are just learning of saint-denis, because the stadium or what happened today, what do you want people to know about this place? translator: we are a big town in the north of paris. we are a popular town, we are a
a police raid this morning in saint-denis caught the community by surprise, including the city s leaders. earlier, i was in saint-denis, i had the chance to speak with the deputy mayor, who told me how his morning began. translator: this morning, around 4:30, i was woken up by a neighbor s phone call. a friend of mine who told me she could hear gunshots and explosions. so i called the mayor and went outside to see what was going on. did you know, rather quickly, what this meant, what was happening? translator: the amplitude of the attack, the violence, made me think straight away that it was linked to the situation with the terrorists. to the time as well. it was very early, 4:00. it s not a normal hour for police assaults. are you surprised that they were this group of people were just a few blocks from city hall in saint-denis? translator: of course, we re surprised. nothing can make us believe that this could happen. as we speak, we do not have the identities of these pe
earlier, i was in saint-denis, i had the chance to speak with the deputy mayor, who told me how his morning began. translator: this morning, around 4:30, i was woken up by a neighbor s phone call. a friend of mine who told me she could hear gunshots and explosions. so i called the mayor and went outside to see what was going on. did you know, rather quickly, what this meant, what was happening? translator: the amplitude of the attack, the violence, made me think straight away that it was linked to the situation with the terrorists. to the time as well. it was very early, 4:00. it s not a normal hour for police assaults. are you surprised that they were this group of people were just a few blocks from city hall in saint-denis? translator: of course, we re surprised. nothing can make us believe that this could happen. as we speak, we do not have the identities of these people.