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….
Paris jihadi on terror watch list, texted family “I shot police,” cops say terror “possible motive”March 18, 2017 10:28 am By
Robert Spencer 16 Comments
“Police sources told Reuters he was a ‘radicalised Muslim known to intelligence services.’ Terror was being investigated as a possible motive.”
A “possible motive.”
Yes, it could be any number of other things. If the establishment media and witless French authorities get really lucky, they’ll discover that Ziyed Ben Belgacem supported Trump.
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“‘I shot the police’: Chilling text message Paris Orly airport attacker sent to family after shooting officer,” by Chris Kitching,
Mirror, March 18, 2017 (thanks to David):
A “radicalised Muslim” shot dead at Paris’ Orly airport sent a chilling text message to family after shooting a police officer in the face.
The man, identified by French media as Ziyed Ben Belgacem, told his brother and father moments after the attack on the officer: “I shot the police”.
Less than two hours later he was shot dead after trying to steal an automatic rifle from a female soldier on patrol at the airport south of Paris.
Police later detained the man’s brother and father, and raided the man’s home in Garges-les-Gonesse, a Paris suburb.
The news station stated that the detention of the brother and father, who presented themselves to a police station, was “standard procedure” during such an investigation.
A large security perimeter was set up as police raided the suspect’s home.
French officials revealed the man was on a terror watch list and had been known to police and intelligence services for months.
Police sources told Reuters he was a “radicalised Muslim known to intelligence services”.
Terror was being investigated as a possible motive….