Here’s how Paris’ Friday night of bloody terror unfolded, minute-by-minute (all times local): 9:17 p.m.: A man with a ticket for an exhibition soccer game between France and Germany tries to enter Stade de France, just north of central Paris, about 15 minutes after the match begins. More than 80,000 spectators are there, including President François Hollande. Security guards frisk him and find his explosive vest. He backs away and blows himself up in an explosion so loud it is heard inside the stadium. His attack is a failure: The bomber dies, but no one else is injured. 9:19 p.m.: A second suicide bomber blows himself up outside the stadium. Again, no one is hurt — though the bomber dies....
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