Passengers Stranded as Security forces shot dead an attacker in Paris

A man has reportedly been shot dead at Orly airport in Paris. It’s believed he was fatally injured after snatching a soldier’s gun. The man, who has not yet been identified, was killed inside the terminal at the airport, which is located to the south of the French capital. The airport – the second largest serving the French capital – was evacuated, as anti-terrorist police flooded into the area. All flights are currently being redirected from Orly and the a bomb disposal team are currently on site. French police have confirmed there is an ongoing operation at the airport and advised the public to stay away from the area. A police source said the suspect had been killed by troops taking part in Operation Sentinelle, a security initiative that has been in place since 2015, and involves some 7000 soldiers. ‘It happened in the south terminal – it is being evacuated,’ said a source at the airport. ‘Passengers and staff are being moved out of the areas.’ Mum carrying terminally ill baby to full term explains decision in touching video The man who was shot dead by soldiers at Orly airport was the same individual who had shot at security services earlier in the morning in northern Paris and was a radicalised Muslim known to authorities, a police source said. ‘A police road check took place in Stains (northern Paris) this morning at 0700. It turned bad and the individual shot at the officers before fleeing,’ one police source said. ‘This same man – a radicalised Muslim known to intelligence services and the justice system – then took a Famas (assault weapon) from a soldier at Orly’s southern terminal before being shot dead by a soldier.’ Paris police office says a man fired at police officers with a gun that fired birdshot, wounding one in the face, when stopped for a police traffic check early this morning. The man then fled, threatening a motorist with a weapon to steal her car. Police say that car was later found close to the Orly Airport.