Saturday, March 18, 2017

Terror Attack At France's Orly Airport Prompts Evacuation And A Halt To Flights



Daily Mail: 'Radicalised Muslim' is shot dead at Paris Orly airport after snatching a soldier's gun and shooting at three police officers from a car as Kate and William meet Bataclan and Nice terror victims

* Convicted criminal, 39, was shot dead at the airport's south terminal
* Less than two hours earlier he had shot at three police officers during a routine stop-and-search
* Authorities believe he had been radicalised in prison, and his father and brother had been arrested
* Witnesses recounted hearing 'four or five' shots, and the airport was evacuated
* It comes at the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit the French capital

A convicted criminal with links to radical Islam has been shot dead at Paris Orly airport after trying to wrestle a soldier's gun from her and fleeing into a McDonald's.

Less than two hours earlier the man, identified by police sources as Zied B., had shot a female police officer in the head in a northern Paris suburb during a routine stop-and-search.

The man's father and brother have been taken into custody, judicial sources have confirmed, and the attacks are being investigated by France's anti-terrorism prosecutor.

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More News On Today's Terror Attack At France's Orly Airport

Man killed after trying to grab Paris airport soldier's gun -- AP
Man shot dead after seizing soldier's gun at Paris Orly airport -- Reuters
Paris Orly Airport: Man killed was involved in another shooting -- CNN
Official: Man killed by security at Paris airport had wounded an officer earlier in traffic stop -- Washington Post
Investigation underway after man is killed at Paris airport when he tried to grab soldier's rifle -- ABC News
Paris Orly airport shooting: Attacker was 'radicalised Muslim' man known to French intelligence services -- The Independent
Paris Orly Airport Shut After Police Kill Man Who Grabbed Gun -- Bloomberg

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

True brother

Unknown said...

There is a bill in Congress to deport the Apache back to Canada. They emigrated south 800 years ago from the mountains of Western Canada.

Jabber is going to have to move back from where he fled, Vancouver.

Unknown said...

Jay if you are saying you are a Frenchman you arte not.

More like you are a Scot by way of France.