2017 Orly Airport attack
| March 2017 Île-de-France attacks | |
|---|---|
| Location | Orly Airport, Garges-lès-Gonesse, France |
| Date | 18 March 2017 06:55 (UTC+1) |
Attack type | Shooting |
| Deaths | 1 attacker |
| Injured | 2 |
| Perpetrator | Ziyed Ben Belgacem |
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, was shot dead after attempting to seize a weapon from a soldier patrolling the airport under Opération Sentinelle.
At Orly Airport, the attacker shouted that he wanted to kill and die in the name of Allah. The attack is officially regarded as an act of terrorism.