2017 Orly Airport attack
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The March 2017 Île-de-France attacks were a pair of terrorist attacks by the same individual in Garges-lès-Gonesse, an outer suburb of Paris, and at Orly International Airport near Paris on 18 March 2017. The attacker, a 39-year-old man identified as Ziyed Ben Belgacem,[1] was shot dead after attempting to seize a weapon from a soldier patrolling the airport under Opération Sentinelle.[2]
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March 2017 Île-de-France attacks | |
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Location | Orly Airport, Garges-lès-Gonesse, France |
Date | 18 March 2017; 7 years ago (2017-03-18) 06:55 (UTC+1) |
Attack type | Shooting |
Deaths | 1 attacker |
Injured | 2 |
Perpetrator | Ziyed Ben Belgacem |
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At Orly Airport, the attacker shouted that he wanted to kill and die in the name of Allah.[3] The attack is officially regarded as an act of terrorism.[4]