(Jean Jullien, Instagram)

Today is Friday the 13th.

This was supposed to be the focus on this eerie occasion.

Sadly, it wasn’t.

In what’s being reported as a series of coordinated attacks throughout Paris, the French people (and the world) is in paralyzing shock once again.

• A witness tells Radio France that attackers inside the Bataclan concert hall entered firing rifles and shouting “Allah akbar.”
• At least 153 people were killed in the Paris and Saint-Denis shootings and bombings, French officials said. Saint-Denis is home to the national stadium where the soccer match was being played.
• The worst carnage occurred at the Bataclan concert hall, with at least 112 left dead (Steve Almasy, Pierre Meilhan and Jim Bittermann, CNN)

As more details are reported, there’s only one thing to say at this point:

Our thoughts and prayers are with the French people, most especially the victims, survivors and police force and their families and loved ones.