Heavy security as Sting reopens Bataclan after Paris attacks
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PARIS- French security turned out in force Saturday night ahead of a concert by British pop legend Sting marking the reopening of the Bataclan concert hall one year after suicidal jihadis turned the famed Paris site into a bloodbath.
Hundreds of yards of barricades, extensive body searches and scores of armed police greeted those lucky enough to get a ticket. The Bataclan said all 1,000 Sting tickets sold out in "less than 30 minutes" and other tickets were given to the families of the 90 revelers slain a year ago by extremists with automatic weapons and explosive belts.
The coordinated attacks in Paris on Nov. 13 last year targeted bars, restaurants and the sports stadium, leaving 130 people dead and hundreds more injured . The worst extremist violence ever to hit France, they were claimed by the ISIS group.
