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| Paris Orly airport shooting: Man shot dead by French police after trying to seize gun from soldier | Paris Orly airport shooting: Man shot dead by French police after trying to seize gun from soldier |
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| A man has been shot dead after allegedly attempting to seize a gun from a soldier at Paris Orly airport, sparking an evacuation and severe flight disruption. | |
| French media reports said the suspect made the attempt at the airport's south terminal after targeting a counter-terror patrol. | French media reports said the suspect made the attempt at the airport's south terminal after targeting a counter-terror patrol. |
| He stole the weapon and fled into a nearby shop before being killed, a spokesperson for the interior ministry said. | |
| No one else was injured in the incident at 8.30am local time (7.30am GMT). | |
| "We were waiting in line to check in for a flight to Tel Aviv when we heard three or four gunshots nearby," 54-year-old Franck Lecam told AFP. | |
| "There were police, emergency services, soldiers running in all directions. | |
| "One of the security officials told us it happened near gates 37-38, for Turkish Airlines flights." | |
| The airport was evacuated as security operations continued, with France's national police urging people not to cross the security perimeter. | |
| Bomb squads and armed police have been sent into the building to check for explosives. | |
| A notice was posted on the Paris airports authority website urging passengers not to travel to Orly, with diversions and delays expected. | |
| Air traffic was suspended at Orly airport's south and west terminals as operations continued. | |
| The soldier was part of Operation Sentinel - a security initiative seeing troops deployed in combat uniforms around high profile sites including the Eiffel Tower since the Charlie Hebdo massacre. | The soldier was part of Operation Sentinel - a security initiative seeing troops deployed in combat uniforms around high profile sites including the Eiffel Tower since the Charlie Hebdo massacre. |
| France remains on high alert following a string of terror attacks directed and inspired by Isis, which has directed its followers to carry out opportunistic attacks on security forces and civilians in Europe. | France remains on high alert following a string of terror attacks directed and inspired by Isis, which has directed its followers to carry out opportunistic attacks on security forces and civilians in Europe. |
| A parcel bomb believed to have been sent by Greek anarchists exploded at the International Monetary Fund's offices in Paris on Thursday, on the same day a student opened fire at a school in Grasse. | A parcel bomb believed to have been sent by Greek anarchists exploded at the International Monetary Fund's offices in Paris on Thursday, on the same day a student opened fire at a school in Grasse. |