3 Orly airport was evacuated, and flights were suspended. Security forces shot dead a man who tried to seize a soldier's gun at Paris Orly airport on Saturday, forcing the evacuation of the busy airport and putting security back in the spotlight in the middle of France's presidential election campaign. AIRPORT STRUGGLESaturday's train of events began at Stains, near Le Bourget airport in northern Paris, where the man fled in a car after he shot and wounded a police officer at a road check. The British royals earlier on Saturday met some of the survivors of the Paris attacks in a visit to a military hospital. Flights were suspended from both airport terminals and some flights were diverted to Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, airport operator ADP said.

Source: India Today March 18, 2017 14:26 UTC