PARIS (AP) — The latest on the attacks in Paris and security alert in Brussels. All times local:
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The co-founder of Eagles of Death Metal, the band that was playing at Paris’ Bataclan concert hall on Nov. 13 when it was attacked, says he wants the rock group to return there when the concert venue reopens.
In an emotional interview with Vice released late Wednesday, the band, whose members escaped the carnage, described the moments of shock and horror. Choking back sobs, Jesse Hughes promised to return to the site where 89 people died at the hands of Islamic extremists — among the 130 people killed in Paris on that Friday night.
Hughes says “I want to be the first band to play in the Bataclan when it opens back up.”
He says “Our friends went there to see rock and roll and died. I’m going to go back there and live.”
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Italy’s prime minister has renewed his commitment to fighting terrorism alongside France, saying a broader coalition is needed to destroy the Islamic State group “and the atrocious project that it represents.”
In a meeting Thursday with the French president, Matteo Renzi said that Libya must be a priority, saying the north African country “risks to be the biggest emergency.”
French President Francois Hollande is in the midst of a weeklong push for a stronger coalition against Islamic State militants after the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris that killed 130 and left hundreds injured. Hollande leaves Thursday for a meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He has already spoken with U.S. President Barack Obama.
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