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Paris Orly airport shooting: Man shot dead by French police after seizing gun from soldier Paris Orly airport shooting: Attacker was 'radicalised Muslim' man known to French intelligence services
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A man has been shot dead after seizing a soldier's gun at Paris Orly airport, sparking an evacuation and severe flight disruption. A police source says the man shot dead after attempting to steal a soldier's gun at Paris Orly Airport was a "radicalised Muslim" known to security services.
French media reports said the suspect made the attempt at the airport's south terminal after targeting a counter-terror patrol. The 40-year-old shot at police officers manning a checkpoint in northern Paris before launching the airport attack, the French interior minister said.
He stole the weapon and fled into a nearby shop before being killed, a spokesperson for the interior ministry said. Terrorism prosecutors have opened and investigation into the assault, which comes after a series of Isis-inspired attacks across France.
"The man succeeded in seizing the weapon of a soldier," Pierre-Henry Brandet added. "He was quickly neutralised by the security forces." The first shooting came at around 7am local time (6am GMT) in Stains, when a man was stopped by police at a security checkpoint.
The attempted attack triggered a red alert sent locally via the French government's Saip terror warning system. "It turned bad and the individual shot at the officers before fleeing,” a police source told Reuters.
No one else was injured in the incident at 8.30am local time (7.30am GMT), which came little over an hour after shots were fired at police by an unknown gunman in a northern Paris suburb.
A police source told Reuters the same man, described as a radicalised Muslim known to security services, carried out both attacks.
“A police road check took place in Stains (northern Paris) this morning at 7am. It turned bad and the individual shot at the officers before fleeing,” he added.
“This same man - a radicalised Muslim known to intelligence services and the justice system - then took a Famas (assault weapon) from a soldier at Orly's southern terminal ..before being shot dead by a soldier.”“This same man - a radicalised Muslim known to intelligence services and the justice system - then took a Famas (assault weapon) from a soldier at Orly's southern terminal ..before being shot dead by a soldier.”
"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. The car stopped in Stains was a Renault Clio, which was later abandoned for a Citroen Picasso hijacked at gunpoint. The car was found at Orly airport.
"There were police, emergency services, soldiers running in all directions. He attempted to steal the gun from a female soldier on a counter-terror patrol before being killed, a spokesperson for the interior ministry said.
"One of the security officials told us it happened near gates 37-38, for Turkish Airlines flights." No one else was injured in the incident at 8.30am local time (7.30am GMT), which triggered a red alert sent locally via the French government's Saip terror warning system.
“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. 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 were sent into the building to sweep for explosives. Bomb squads and armed police were sent into the building to sweep for explosives.
A notice was posted on the Paris airports authority website urging passengers not to travel to Orly, with diversions and delays expected.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.Air traffic was suspended at Orly airport's south and west terminals as operations continued.
Traffic jams were also reported in the area, with police urging people not to drive towards the airport amid road closures. The attacked 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.
Investigators were probing a possible link to shots fired at police officers in the northern Paris suburb of Stains at 7.15am local time (6.15am GMT), Le Parisien reported.
Gunshots were fired towards a checkpoint from a person in a Renault Clio, which was later abandoned for another car that was found at Orly airport.
BFMTV said sources indicated both shootings were part of the same attack, but there was no official confirmation.
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.
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