Man shot dead in Paris after trying to seize a soldier's weapon

EIDWDUB

Mod: removed hyperbole from re-reg troll's post.

A man has been shot dead after trying to seize a soldier's weapon at Orly airport in Paris, French officials say.

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The man was on a watch-list of radicalised individuals and had been involved in a shooting hours earlier in the north of Paris, officials say.

The suspect in the earlier incident was stopped at a checkpoint and fired at police with a pellet gun before escaping in a car that was later found abandoned in the southern suburbs.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39314250

Harry Palmr

Go away.

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wirelessdude01

From all reports it doesn't seem terribly organised.

dan1895

Where are you getting your news from op? Because its not the sane place I'm getting mine from.

DrumSteve

Terror attacks?

Some dope tried to grab a gun off a soldier and got shot.

What an idiot.

The_Valeyard

Grab a gun off a soldier?


Not a good idea.

...And Justice

I wish they could catch this Alan Snackbar fella. He seems to be responsible for all these terrorists attacks.

dan1895

dan1895 wrote: »

Where are you getting your news from op? Because its not the sane place I'm getting mine from.

Meant to say same place but sane is also apt or in this case even Seine would have done

Erik Shin

2 separate incidents...At a check point a man pulled a gun and shot a policeman...Non life threatening injury.
At Paris Orly airport someone tried to grab a gun from a solder...He was shot dead....Airport closed for a security check and a bomb sweep.... Purely precautionary.

Phoebas

This OP is the online equivalent of shouting fire in a crowded theatre.

Erik Shin

Phoebas wrote: »

This OP is the online equivalent of shouting fire in a crowded theatre.

That didn't go down too well in the Bataclan theatre

ted1

Can we change the title , very misleading.

Jack the Stripper

We need links and valid ones at that.

hungry hypno toad

EIDWDUB wrote: »

Terrible news coming from Paris this morning:
A man screaming Allahu Akbar is shot dead in Orly airport after snatching a soldiers gun.
A police officer is critical after a shooting at a road checkpoint north of Paris.

What is the world coming to?
Jesus Wept!

Another IS attack methinks...

Allegedly screaming Allahu Akbar. I understand he has mental health issues.

Barry Badrinath

QUICK EVERYONE!!!

Off to the Forum Request area. We need a "Terror Attack" and "Islamic State" forum created stat!

hungry hypno toad

DrumSteve wrote: »

Terror attacks?

Some dope tried to grab a gun off a soldier and got shot.

What an idiot.

Wonder what he would have done had he gotten the gun. Given it back?

OldMrBrennan83

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Mountainsandh

On LCI they seem to say it was the same guy who shot a cop at a checkpoint alright.


With a pellet gun...


There are no suspect explosive devises in Orly or anything, so really once the special forces (called to check for explosives just in case) are all wrapped up, people should be left back in there.

edit : yeah they're saying the cops knew him, and they're taking it as a terror threat alright. They are keeping the airport closed apparently, until 15 pm. It's modus opperandi for special forces. Car parks are free for all travellers until tomorrow noon, so a lot of people might just head home. Must be a pain being stuck there.

DrumSteve

hungry hypno toad wrote: »

Wonder what he would have done had he gotten the gun. Given it back?

He didn't get the gun and the next bright spark who thinks this is a smart idea will know what'll happen if they try that ****.

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hungry hypno toad

DrumSteve wrote: »

He didn't get the gun and the next bright spark who thinks this is a smart idea will know what'll happen if they try that ****.

Pity he didn't learn from the last bright spark at the Pompidou.

DontThankMe

Your thread title is more sensationalist than the Sun OP. Whatever it was it is over so it's hardy breaking news at this stage.

DrumSteve

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

QUICK EVERYONE!!!

Off to the Forum Request area. We need a "Terror Attack" and "Islamic State" forum created stat!

In keeping with the theme of IS a few of us should set up a caliphate in the mustard forum.

DrumSteve

hungry hypno toad wrote: »

Pity he didn't learn from the last bright spark at the Pompidou.

I thought that was a machete attack?

Winterlong

Is this our 9/11?

Mountainsandh

Yeah, he seems like a lone delinquent wolf, radicalized, and looking for his moment of fame.

He had car-jacked someone on his way there too.

ted1

Mountainsandh wrote: »

until 15 pm. .

Your post just lost all credibility.

JackTaylorFan

I didn't know Katie Hopkins was on Boards

I feel dirty..

Mountainsandh

hungry hypno toad wrote: »

Pity he didn't learn from the last bright spark at the Pompidou.

DrumSteve wrote: »

I thought that was a machete attack?

Was it not in Le Louvres, with a Machete ?

It's like Cluedo !

Mountainsandh

ted1 wrote: »

Your post just lost all credibility.

Oh sorry, it's Saturday morning, and I have the French live on in the background.

3 pm
15 hours

I need more coffee.

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Alan_P

The French military are among the most hard ass in the world. Sometimes that's a good thing (UN missions) sometimes it's a bad thing (Algeria). The French military have currently been tasked, by the French President no less, with defending Paris itself.

Someone grabbed a French soldier's gun and a French soldier shot him. This is not a surprising outcome.

As regards ISIS, if this is all they've got, can the internet get back to cat pictures now ?

Mountainsandh

For anyone who knows anyone there due to fly :
the event happened in Orly Sud, so that's closed for a while, but it is due to reopen some time in the afternoon, so they're being advised to ring about their flight, and if making their way there, use public transport as access is difficult.
Orly West is fine, but experiencing delays as people are being evacuated from planes (for search presumably). Some later flights still due to operate as normal, but access to the airport is again an issue.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Patww79 wrote: »

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How about we NOT assume anything until we read it, so all the poor wee snowflakes who can't use analytical analysis and logic, are protected from those of us who can, eh?

super_furry

Patww79 wrote: »

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Good boy. Now start saying cuck and we can step it up from there.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Said terrorist is waking up with 72 virgins this morning, wouldn't that be a nice start to anyone's weekend

Crafty bastard.

nullzero

Meilani Hallowed Tendinitis wrote: »

Said terrorist is waking up with 72 virgins this morning, wouldn't that be a nice start to anyone's weekend

Crafty bastard.

You'd be better off with one experienced sexy milf to be fair.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Meilani Hallowed Tendinitis wrote: »

Said terrorist is waking up with 72 virgins this morning, wouldn't that be a nice start to anyone's weekend

Crafty bastard.

He's at a Star Trek convention...?

Imallrightjack

Phoebas wrote: »

This OP is the online equivalent of shouting fire in a crowded theatre.

Just out of curiosity.if you were in a theatre and you saw a fire spreading quickly.what would you shout?

Excuse me sorry too bother you but there's a fire on its way,that could possibly kill us all, is there any chance you could move?

hungry hypno toad

DrumSteve wrote: »

I thought that was a machete attack?

Yeah against an armed soldier.

Heckler

Last time I was in France I was at Lille train station. There were soldiers in pairs milling around.

How any idiot thinks he might grab a gun from one of them and do damage is just that. Idiot.

JackTaylorFan

super_furry wrote: »

Good boy. Now start saying cuck and we can step it up from there.

Don't forget virtue signaling - I still can't be arsed to look up the definition of that one - but if we are ticking boxes of things an idiot might say on the internet...

Silane

Meilani Hallowed Tendinitis wrote: »

Said terrorist is waking up with 72 virgins this morning, wouldn't that be a nice start to anyone's weekend

Crafty bastard.

Sounds great, but they're only virgins the first time, then you're stuck with 72 women for eternity. I'd be trying to blow myself up again.

Heckler

Silane wrote: »

Sounds great, but they're only virgins the first time, then you're stuck with 72 women for eternity. I'd be trying to blow myself up again.

Outstanding. Early candidate for POTY

ChikiChiki

Great that people can make light of these incidents. Everytime something like this happens it is very, very serious. Paris is a shadow of former self nowadays. Everyone is on edge. Sad really.

Mountainsandh

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Great that people can make light of these incidents. Everytime something like this happens it is very, very serious. Paris is a shadow of former self nowadays. Everyone is on edge. Sad really.

So we should just be sad and despondent just thinking about what could have happened ?

Erik Shin

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Great that people can make light of these incidents. Everytime something like this happens it is very, very serious. Paris is a shadow of former self nowadays. Everyone is on edge. Sad really.

No it isn't...And no they're not

Live65a846d0ee

Fake news.

Widdershins

Disaster averted?

Mountainsandh

Reading about it this evening in the French press, to me anyway, it looks more like a blundering attempt by someone who thought he was in deep trouble, to save face, rather than a prior commitment to an organized attack. I think his intention was to kill people alright, then set fire to himself (from what I gather).

He was at a late night bar the previous night.
The next morning, he's stopped while speeding in a Clio, for an ID check. He hands over his ID, but grabs his pellet gun and shoots the policeman in the face (policeman is ok, injuries not too serious).

In my opinion, this is where he flipped. He had 9 previous convictions, and had spent a bit of time in jail, and seemingly had radicalized. Whether he was still drunk from the night before, or on drugs, or just hyped up from a "bar-talk" with other radicalized people the night before, he over-reacted with the policeman, and then must have thought he had nothing to lose at that stage, and might as well go for glory.

He called back into that bar he was in the night before, screamed threats and gave a few shots without injuring anyone. I think this was his way of ensuring that whatever he was going to do next would be interpreted as terrorism.

He rang his Dad, said he'd made a mistake and had shot a cop, took some flammable liquids (hydrocarbures in French ??), car-jacked a van, and headed to Orly.

He grabbed the Sentinelle lady from the back with his pellet gun on her temple, wrestled for her gun, and used her as a shield as he was faced with 3 other sentinelles. Only he wasn't clever enough and stood up while she was kneeling on the ground, so the cops had a clean shot.

This is my take on what happened anyway. Maybe I'm wrong and he had planned it all for ages, but this is what I thought I could read between the lines. Going for glory probably after some drunken talk the night before.