Policeman describes Paris terror trial as war zone at Bataclan

At the trial of those accused of carrying out the 2015 Islamist terror attacks in Paris, an investigator has described the carnage in the Bataclan concert hall as resembling a "war zone," reported dpa.

"We had never seen anything like this before," the criminal investigator told the Palace of Justice in Paris on Friday. "Dried blood, shattered teeth, vibrating mobile phones, dead bodies, dead bodies, dead bodies."

The attackers, two of whom blew themselves up, were hard to identify at first glance, he said, as were several of the victims. At times, the official struggled for words and to compose himself when describing the scenario that the forensic investigators discovered in the Bataclan in the immediate aftermath of the attacks.

"I want you all to understand what it means to shoot with a 7.62 calibre, they don't just have an entry point and an exit point," he said, adding that the victims, who were shot at close range, were unrecognizable.

"I had the impression of an execution, one by one," the officer said when describing the bodies he found at the bar.

In the series of attacks on November 13 2015, extremists killed a total of 130 people and injured some 350 others by carrying out a massacre at the Bataclan concert hall before shooting randomly into nearby bars and restaurants.

Elsewhere, three suicide bombers blew themselves up at the Stade de France during an international football match between Germany and France.

Twenty suspects are currently on trial, with the majority of the defendants facing 20 or more years in prison if found guilty.