Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme of American rock band Eagles of Death Metal are performing at a 2015 Los Angeles music concert (Photo : Getty Images/ Kevin Winter)
Eagles of Death Metal band, led by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme, is horrified following terror attack on their concert in Paris and yet to come to terms. A statement issued by the California rock band on Nov. 18 recounted the massacre and expressed solidarity with all those affected by Paris attacks.
The band was performing at a sold-out concert at the Bataclan theater, the site of deadliest terror attacks in Paris, when gunmen attacked. It resulted in the killing of 89 people and left 300 injured.
The statement posted on the American band's official Facebook page informed that all their shows would remain suspended until further information. Eagles confirmed that the band members were not harmed physically during the "unimaginable ordeal" and paid tributes to Nick Alexander, their British merchandise manager, who was killed during Paris attacks.
Eagles of Death Metal also mourned the death of three of their record company, Universal Music Group label, comrades in France. They expressed solidarity with friends and families of their fans and those killed by terror strikes that targeted the Bataclan concert hall, Stade de France and five other places.
Grateful for the help extended by the French and US authorities and local police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in evacuating them from the scene of attack, the band hailed the love, support and compassion shown for each other following Paris attacks as a proof of love winning over the evil.
Eagles were performing before a 1,500-strong audience in Paris when ISIS-linked terrorists entered the venue, the Bataclan theater, and indiscriminately shot people there. It took two hours and forty minutes for the police to get rid of the attackers. Two terrorists blew the suicide vests attached to their body while three others jihadists were killed in the police action.
Meanwhile, a fundraising in the memory of Eagles' merchandise manager Alexander received $58,000 on its first day. Paris attacks have also led to the cancellation of several concerts, including shows of U2, Coldplay, Marilyn Manson, Deftones and Foo Fighters, planned in the city, BBC has reported..
Paris attacks have also prompted large-scale military action against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Investigators are in Brussels' Molenbeek suburb, home to a large number of migrants and also the alleged Paris attack masterminds. The French police are carrying out raids in Paris and other cities to nab culprits.
A massive raid at Saint-Denis neighborhood of Paris on Nov. 18 led to two deaths and eight arrests. The pre-dawn raid involving over 100 soldiers thwarted another attack in the city and possibly targeted Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the mastermind of Paris attacks.
Ringleader Abaaoud was among those killed in the offensive, Washington Post claimed citing two senior European intelligence sleuths. However, the French police is awaiting DNA test results to confirm the death.
