"He said he threw chairs, glasses and bottles at the attackers in a bid to stop them."
"Bartender Alex Martinez said he hid in a garbage bin for a half hour when a man stormed the restaurant where he worked"
“I hid in a restaurant basement for about an hour." 

What DO you do when your way of life is attacked? Hide? Deny the fact that it is radical Islamists attacking you, and hide in a trsash can? What a horrible fate for a previously proud empire, emasculated and unable to defend themselves against thugs.