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18.3.2017

Orlyn lentokentällä Pariisin eteläpuolella sattui tänään aamulla ampumatapaus, kun mies yritti viedä sotilaalta aseen. Sotilaan kädestä asetta tavoitellut mies ammuttiin Orlyn kentällä.

Puoli kymmenen jälkeen Suomen aikaan sattuneessa välikohtauksessa ei loukkaantunut muita ihmisiä.

Uutistoimisto Reuters kertoo, että sama mies olisi ampunut poliisia Pariisin pohjoispuolella aiemmin lauantaiaamuna ja paennut paikalta. Reutersin siteeraamien poliisilähteiden mukaan mies olisi radikalisoitunut muslimi.

Maan sisäministeriön mukaan Orlyn kentällä käynnissä ollut poliisioperaatio on päättynyt. Poliisi tarkasti lentokentän varmistaakseen, ettei ammuttu mies jättänyt kentälle pommia.

Matkustajat on evakuoitu lentokentän molemmista terminaaleista ja kenttä on suljettu toistaiseksi kokonaan. Tilannetta hetki hetkeltä seuraava ranskalaislehti Le Figaro
kertoo, että kentältä evakuoitiin liki 3 000 ihmistä.

Lentokenttä sijaitsee Orlyn kaupungissa, noin 13 kilometrin päässä Pariisista. Kenltä lähtee lentoja etenkin muualle Ranskaan, mutta myös ulkomaille. Suomesta Orlyn kentälle liikennöi lentoyhtiö Norwegian.

Ainakin osa lennoista on ohjattu Orlysta Pariisin pohjoispuolella olevalle Charles de Gaullen lentokentällä.

Reutersin siteeraamien poliisilähteiden mukaan mies olisi radikalisoitunut muslimi.

Man shot dead after seizing soldier's gun at Paris Orly airport

Police investigators at the scene of a shooting in the northern Paris suburb of Stains, France, March 18, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

By Gus Trompiz and Emmanuel Jarry | PARIS

Security forces shot dead a man who seized a soldier's gun at Paris Orly airport in France on Saturday soon after the same man shot and wounded a police officer during a routine police check, the interior minister said.

The man was known to police and intelligence services, Interior Minister Bruno le Roux told reporters. A police source described him as a radicalized Muslim but did not identify him by name.

The anti-terrorism prosecutor opened an investigation.

The busy Orly airport south of Paris was evacuated and security forces swept the area for bombs to make sure the dead man was not wearing an explosive belt, but nothing was found, interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told Reuters.

"The man succeeded in seizing the weapon of a soldier. He was quickly neutralized by the security forces," Brandet said.

Noone else was injured at the airport.

Flights were suspended from both terminals of the airport and some flights were diverted to Charles de Gaulle airport north of the capital, airport operator ADP said.

Earlier, a police officer was shot and wounded by the same man during a routine traffic check in Stains, north of Paris.

The incidents came five weeks before France holds presidential elections in which national security is a key issue.

The country remains on high alert after attacks by Islamic State militants killed scores of people in the last two years -including coordinated bombings and shootings in Paris in November 2015 in which 130 people were killed. A state of emergency is in place until at least the end of July.

The attacks would have no impact on a trip to Paris by Prince William, second-in-line to the British throne, and his wife Kate, who are due to end a two-day visit to the French capital on Saturday, a British spokesman said.

The soldier whose gun the man tried to seize was a member of the army's "Sentinelle" operation responsible for patrolling airports and other key sites since January 2015 when Islamist attackers killed 12 people at the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. It was reinforced after the Paris attacks.

Around 3,000 passengers were evacuated from the airport, the second busiest in the country.

In March 2016, Islamic State claimed responsibility for suicide bomb attacks on Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train in the Belgian capital which killed 35 people, including three suicide bombers.

(Reporting by Gus Trompiz, Emmanuel Jarry, Brian Love, Bate Felix, Simon Carraud; Writing by Adrian Croft; editing by Richard Balmforth)

Paris airport attacker shouted: 'I'm here to die for Allah - there will be deaths'

Police confirm a crime watchlist suspect shot a policewoman before launching an attack on a soldier at a Paris airport.

05:26, UK, Sunday 19 March 2017


The suspect has been named by French media as 'Ziyed B'

By Zoe Catchpole and Damien Pearse, News Reporters

A radicalised Muslim on a crime watchlist shot a policewoman in the head at a road check before attacking a soldier at a Paris airport.

The gunman shouted: "I am here to die for Allah - there will be deaths", before attempting to gun people down at Orly airport.

The man - known as Ziyed B - at one point threw down a bag containing a can of petrol, a Parisian prosecutor said.

He was initially stopped for speeding at a road check north of the city early on Saturday moirning, shooting a policewoman in the head.

He then held up a woman motorist at gunpoint, stealing her car and driving to Orly airport.


Security forces surround Orly airport after the attacker is shot dead

In the airport terminal the attacker assaulted a patrol of three counter-terrorism soldiers, making the statement about Allah.

He wrestled one of the soldiers to the floor, trying to take her gun.

:: Paris attacks timeline

The man was shot dead by patrol officers as they attempted to protect the women and members of the public at the airport.

France has been on high alert in the wake of deadly terror attacks

Video: Security lockdown after Paris airport shooting

Pictures of the man, who is 39, lying dead with his arms outstretched on the terminal floor have emerged in the wake of the shooting.

In total soldiers fired eight rounds at the attacker, who was intent on shooting people at the airport, French officials said.

One witness, Dominique, said: "I heard shouting and I saw the soldiers who were holding a person.

"It was a man who was holding a soldier hostage, he had them by the neck and he threatened the two other soldiers with the woman's rifle."


The man lying on the ground of the terminal building at Orly

A police source said the man was "a radicalised Muslim known to intelligence services and the justice system".

He had a history of thefts and violent robberies. The man's father, brother and a cousin have been taken into police custody.

:: Is France's Operation Sentinelle working?

Bruno Le Roux, French Interior Minister, said: "At 8.30am a man tried to attack a Sentinelle patrol in Orly in order to take the weapon of one of the female military.

"He didn't succeed and he was neutralised."
Witnesses speak after shooting at Paris Orly Airport
Video: Airport shooting 'was complete panic'

Operation Sentinelle was launched after the Charlie Hebdo attack in 2015.

It has seen 7,500 armed soldiers deployed on the French streets - half of them in Paris.

This marks the fourth attack on the Sentinelle forces since it was set up.

There was a similar incident at the Louvre Museum last month in which an Egyptian man attacked soldiers guarding the site.

Around 3,000 people were evacuated from the airport and flights were diverted while swat teams and the bomb squad cleared the area.
Thousands of travellers have been evacuated from the airport
Image Caption: Thousands of travellers have been evacuated from the airport

The policewoman was said to have been "lightly injured" by the shotgun attack at 6.55am on Saturday.

The soldier who was wrestled to the ground was described as "shocked" but uninjured.

Franck Lecam was at the airport when the attacker struck 90 minutes after the first incident.

He said: "We had queued up to check in for the Tel Aviv flight when we heard three or four shots nearby."

He added: "There are policemen, emergency workers and soldiers running all over the place."
The public have been ordered to stay away from the airport
Image Caption: The public have been ordered to stay away from the airport

It comes as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were on the second day of their visit to Paris, meeting survivors of the Nice and Paris terror attacks.

:: William and Kate hail courage of victims from Bataclan and Nice attacks

They also watched this afternoon's Six Nations rugby match at the Stade de France.

French authorities have said the incidents would have no impact on the Royal visit.

Paris Aeroport tweeted: "Ongoing special operations by the Police. Please follow their instructions (safety area)."
Kate and William meet survivors and and first responders from the Bataclan and Nice attacks
Image Caption: Kate and William meet survivors and first responders from the Bataclan and Nice attacks

France, which is just weeks away from a presidential election, remains under a state of emergency following a series of deadly attacks.

These include the November 2015 attack in Paris when 130 people were killed and the truck attack in Nice last year.

Presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the soldiers at the airport.

He said they "have demonstrated one more time calm control and professionalism".