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| Orly airport: Man killed after taking soldier's gun | Orly airport: Man killed after taking soldier's gun |
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| A man has been shot dead after grabbing a soldier's gun at Orly airport in Paris, French officials say. | A man has been shot dead after grabbing a soldier's gun at Orly airport in Paris, French officials say. |
| He was killed by the security forces in a shop after seizing the weapon in the airport's southern terminal. | |
| The airport has been shut down after what the authorities said was an extremely serious incident and passengers not allowed to disembark. | |
| A security operation is continuing with bomb disposal experts involved and a search for any possible accomplices. | |
| Orly - located 13km (8 miles) south of Paris - is the second largest Paris airport. | |
| Police have warned people to stay away from the security cordon put in place. | |
| Officials say the man approached a group of soldiers patrolling the airport and made off with the gun into a shop. | |
| At that point shots were fired and the man was killed. | |
| French Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux is on his way to the scene of the attack. | |
| In an incident last month, a man wielding knives lunged at soldiers at Paris's Louvre museum before being shot and injured. | In an incident last month, a man wielding knives lunged at soldiers at Paris's Louvre museum before being shot and injured. |