The Daily Mail has placed a 24-hour embargo on these photos of the crowd of the Bataclan minutes before the shootings in Paris on Friday night, BuzzFeed News has learned.
Poignant photographs show Eagles of Death Metal fans moments before the massacre https://t.co/bz3znLZRjT
The Mail purchased them from a wire service called Vantage News. Vantage News is charging £500 for each photo. However, the photos cannot be posted by news outlets until after the 24-hour embargo ends at 1pm GMT on Tuesday.
The Mail's article features before and after photos, along with an embed of video taken as right as the shooting broke out.
The reactions online to the Mail's coverage of the photos have been mixed. Many found the photos sad and poignant.
Extraordinary picture inside Paris concert... moments before ISIS gunmen murdered 89 https://t.co/gcfQxGY6qb
Very sad- Eagles of Death Metal Paris fans smile before they’re murdered in ISIS gunmen attack | Daily Mail Online https://t.co/VqobEbqWiu
Such a sad photo of a happy crowd at the Bataclan minutes before the massacre https://t.co/R4TPQvlvWC
While others found the Mail's coverage of the photos "disrespectful" or "disgusting".
WHY on earth are the press showering these pictures? It is so disrespectful. https://t.co/bsfBHk2tr3 via @MailOnline
disgusting https://t.co/5MA1ZWfU3i
Crowd pictMoments before slaughter EOG Metal gig https://t.co/6gwcn67vvO via @Mai U Journalists R frigging Vultures Disgusting coverage.
This is so disrespectful and low for a headline, shame on you Daily Mail! https://t.co/IvoOGqP4x1
