'Is This A Dream': Recordings From The Bataclan

A chilling recording from an abandoned dictaphone has revealed the words of victims and their killers during the terrorist massacre at a Parisian concert hall.

For the first time, details of exactly what was said during the mass murders have been revealed by investigators in Paris.

For more than two hours, the dictaphone captures threats and orders barked by terrorists, pleas from victims and the barrage of gunfire.

At one point a victim is heard asking: "Is this a dream, or what?"

Later, a spectator pleads with police: "Please don’t come in, or else they’ll blow everything up."

In another terrifying moment, an attacker is heard shouting: "The moment of revenge is upon us," to the sound of gunfire.   

The dictaphone was recovered by police after the attacks and may have been left at the scene by a spectator hoping to record the concert.

Investigators have also released transcripts revealing an initial police radio call, marking the start of the attack on 13 November, last year.

Here is an excerpt of the recordings during the hours in which 89 people were killed:

9.47pm: Attacks begin

9.56pm: [Police radio] "There’s loads of people at the Bataclan. And there have been shots fired."

[Now, audio from the dictaphone] 

Spectator: "Get down!" 

Spectator: "Is this a dream, or what?!"

Attacker: "Get up or I’ll kill you."

Attacker: "Stay down or I’ll fire,"

Attacker: "You have bombed our brothers in Syria and in Iraq. Why are we here? We’ve come back from as far as Syria, to do the same to you."

Attacker: "We are men and we will attack you from the ground. We don’t need jets. You elected your President Hollande, and that was his campaign. You have him to thank for this."

Attacker: "Whoever tries at playing justice will be killed [gunfire heard]. The moment of revenge is upon us."

[There now follows 12 solid minutes of gunfire captured on the dictaphone before more voices...]

Attacker: "You know about Daesh? Daesh, that’s the Islamic State. They are everywhere. In France, in the USA. We will strike everywhere."

[Then, the first armed police officer enters the concert hall, surprising an attacker] 

"Get out! Get out you ******"

[Officer fires at attacker as he detonates his suicide belt]

Attacker "Allah Akbar!"

[Two attackers climb onto the concert hall balcony and start dialogue with police, via a spectator who is against a door, along with a group of hostages]

Spectator: "We have been taken hostage. They have explosive belts. Please don’t come in, or else they’ll blow everything up."

[Now, a spectator’s mobile phone is used by police to communicate with the attackers. But the calls don’t go well.]

Police: [Police radio] "Get them out of there. It’s really bad."

12.17am: Final assault on the concert hall takes place