Videos emerge of audible explosions during Paris soccer match

Vine video of a France-Germany football match that occurred during an explosion in Paris on November 13.
(Image credit: ArsenalTerje/Vine/Courtesy Infobae América/Twitter)

Paris was rocked by multiple attacks Friday night, which have resulted in at least 35 reported deaths and a hostage situation in the city's Bataclan theater. The violence began with a shootout at a Paris restaurant, while soon after explosions were reported near the Stade de France, a soccer stadium where the French national team was in the middle of a game against Germany. Alleged video has emerged of the audible detonation during gameplay, via Argentina-based news site Infobae América:

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Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.