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Man shot dead at Paris Orly airport

Other News Materials 18 March 2017 12:26 (UTC +04:00)
A man has been shot dead at Paris Orly airport after grabbing a counter-terrorism soldier's gun and running into a shop.
Man shot dead at Paris Orly airport

Baku, Azerbaijan, March 18

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A man has been shot dead at Paris Orly airport after grabbing a counter-terrorism soldier's gun and running into a shop, Sky News reports.

The airport has been evacuated after the incident at the south terminal and swat teams have been sent in.

Police are warning the public to stay away while the bomb squad searches the terminal in case the man had planted any explosives.

After snatching the weapon, the man ran into a shop in the airport before being shot dead by security forces.

The soldier was part of Operation Sentinelle - the deployment of armed military on the French streets in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo terror attack in Paris.

A spokesman for the Interior Minister said that there had been no reports of injuries.

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