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Orly airport: Man killed after taking soldier's gun Orly airport: Man killed after seizing 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 weapon 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. He was killed by the security forces in a shop after seizing the gun 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. The airport has been shut after what the authorities described as an extremely serious incident.
Some French media say the man was involved in an earlier shooting in the north of Paris. The man was on a watch-list of radicalised individuals and had been involved in a shooting hours earlier in the north of Paris, officials say.
The suspect in the earlier incident was stopped at a checkpoint and fired at police before escaping in a car that was later found abandoned in the southern suburbs.
He is then believed to have used stolen another car that was found at Orly airport. The timing of the sequence of events fits, says the BBC's Hugh Schofield in Paris.
A security operation is continuing at the airport with bomb disposal experts involved and a search for any possible accomplices.A security operation is continuing at the airport with bomb disposal experts involved and a search for any possible accomplices.
Police say the dead man was not carrying any explosives. Police say the attacker was not carrying any explosives.
No-one else was hurt in the incident.No-one else was hurt in the incident.
Orly - located 13km (8 miles) south of Paris - is the capital's second largest airport.Orly - located 13km (8 miles) south of Paris - is the capital's second largest airport.
Police have warned people to stay away from the security cordon put in place and people intending to travel to Orly have been advised to make alternative arrangements as all flights in and out of the airport have been suspended. Police have warned people to stay away from the security cordon and people intending to travel to Orly have been advised to make alternative arrangements as all flights in and out of the airport have been suspended.
Officials say the man approached a group of soldiers patrolling the airport and made off with the gun into a shop. Scores of passengers have been unable to disembark from aircraft that landed at Orly as the huge security operation takes place.
Officials say the man approached a group of soldiers patrolling the airport and made off with the weapon into a shop.
At that point shots were fired and the man was killed. His motivation is not yet known.At that point shots were fired and the man was killed. His motivation is not yet known.
The soldiers were part of Operation Sentinel - involving thousands of soldiers deployed to provide back-up to the police after the Paris attacks of November 2015.The soldiers were part of Operation Sentinel - involving thousands of soldiers deployed to provide back-up to the police after the Paris attacks of November 2015.
French Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux is on his way to the scene of the attack. France has presidential elections starting from next month and remains under a state of emergency following earlier attacks.
Witnesses told the AFP news agency that the airport was evacuated soon after the shooting. Witnesses said the airport was evacuated soon after the shooting.
"We had queued up to check in for the Tel Aviv flight when we heard three or four shots nearby," Franck Lecam said. "We were sitting in Hall Three when all of a sudden people started running and telling us to run with them," Ellie Guttetter, 18, from the US said.
Shooting in north Paris "The people running were passengers and flight attendants. It was pretty chaotic and everyone was panicking - it was scary."
Police sources say the man was the same as one involved in an earlier incident in the northern suburbs of Paris, where a police officer was shot and injured during a vehicle check. The suspect then escaped in a vehicle.
French media reports said that a car used by the suspect was later found abandoned at the airport.
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