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| Orly airport: Man killed after seizing soldier's gun | Orly airport: Man killed after seizing soldier's gun |
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| A man has been shot dead after trying to seize a soldier's weapon at Paris's Orly airport, French officials say. | A man has been shot dead after trying to seize a soldier's weapon at Paris's Orly airport, French officials say. |
| The man, named as Ziyed B, was killed by security forces after attacking a patrol in the airport's south terminal. | |
| Earlier on Saturday he had been involved in a shooting north of Paris and a carjacking in the south. | |
| Prosecutors have opened an anti-terror investigation. Ziyed B had been reported as radicalised in the past, and was on a police watch-list. | |
| He had a long criminal record including convictions for armed robbery, French media report. | He had a long criminal record including convictions for armed robbery, French media report. |
| The sequence of events | The sequence of events |
| Early on Saturday morning, the suspect was stopped at a checkpoint in Garges-les-Gonesse, north of Paris, where he reportedly lives. | Early on Saturday morning, the suspect was stopped at a checkpoint in Garges-les-Gonesse, north of Paris, where he reportedly lives. |
| He fired at police with a pellet gun before escaping in a car that was later found abandoned. | He fired at police with a pellet gun before escaping in a car that was later found abandoned. |
| He is then believed to have stolen another car at gunpoint from a woman at Vitry, south of Paris. That car was later found at Orly airport. | He is then believed to have stolen another car at gunpoint from a woman at Vitry, south of Paris. That car was later found at Orly airport. |
| At the airport the man approached a military patrol. He tried to seize a weapon from a female soldier "in an extremely violent attack", an army spokesman said. | At the airport the man approached a military patrol. He tried to seize a weapon from a female soldier "in an extremely violent attack", an army spokesman said. |
| She managed to keep hold of the gun, and two other soldiers opened fire on the attacker, killing him. | She managed to keep hold of the gun, and two other soldiers opened fire on the attacker, killing him. |
| The attacker's motivation is not yet known. His home is being searched and his father and brother have been taken into custody - which is standard procedure in suspected terror attacks. | The attacker's motivation is not yet known. His home is being searched and his father and brother have been taken into custody - which is standard procedure in suspected terror attacks. |
| A security operation has taken place at the airport with bomb disposal experts involved and a search for any possible accomplices. | A security operation has taken place at the airport with bomb disposal experts involved and a search for any possible accomplices. |
| Police say the attacker was not carrying any explosives. No-one else was seriously hurt in either incident. | Police say the attacker was not carrying any explosives. No-one else was seriously hurt in either incident. |
| Travel disruption | Travel disruption |
| 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. |
| Scores of passengers were unable to disembark from aircraft that landed at Orly during the security operation. An estimated 3,000 passengers were evacuated. | Scores of passengers were unable to disembark from aircraft that landed at Orly during the security operation. An estimated 3,000 passengers were evacuated. |
| How the Orly airport attack is affecting travel arrangements | How the Orly airport attack is affecting travel arrangements |
| Terrified witnesses | Terrified witnesses |
| Witnesses said the airport was evacuated soon after the shooting. | Witnesses said the airport was evacuated soon after the shooting. |
| "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. | "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. |
| "The people running were passengers and flight attendants. It was pretty chaotic and everyone was panicking - it was scary." | "The people running were passengers and flight attendants. It was pretty chaotic and everyone was panicking - it was scary." |
| Another eyewitness, Meredith Dixon, described seeing panicked airline personnel, with no security or police personnel to usher people outside the airport complex. | Another eyewitness, Meredith Dixon, described seeing panicked airline personnel, with no security or police personnel to usher people outside the airport complex. |
| "It was complete chaos," she told the BBC. | "It was complete chaos," she told the BBC. |
| "There were no alarms. No overhead announcements. No organised evacuation. People just began running." | "There were no alarms. No overhead announcements. No organised evacuation. People just began running." |
| Attack comes at a delicate time | Attack comes at a delicate time |
| The soldiers were part of Operation Sentinel - involving thousands of soldiers deployed to provide back-up to the police after the Charlie Hebdo attack in January 2015 and 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 Charlie Hebdo attack in January 2015 and the Paris attacks of November 2015. |
| France has presidential elections starting from next month and remains under a state of emergency following earlier attacks. | France has presidential elections starting from next month and remains under a state of emergency following earlier attacks. |
| Are you at the airport? If it is safe to do so you can share your experience by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. | Are you at the airport? If it is safe to do so you can share your experience by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. |
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| Or use the form below | Or use the form below |