Man shot dead after incident at Paris Orly airport


  • World
  • Saturday, 18 Mar 2017

A general view shows the Orly airport southern terminal near Paris, France. - Reuters.

PARIS: A man was shot dead after seizing the weapon from a soldier at Orly Airport on Saturday morning and no passengers were injured, confirmed the French Interior Ministry, China's Xinhua news agency reported.

At about 8.30am local time, the man seized the weapon from a solider of Sentinelle operation at Orly south terminal and hid in a nearby airport shop, before being shot dead by the security forces, Interior Ministry spokesperson Pierre-Henry Brandet told AFP.

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