Orly air terminal: Attacker called father to state 'I messed up'

The shooter who assaulted warriors at Orly air terminal in Paris on Saturday told his dad he had "messed up" prior and needed absolution.

Revolt police inside Orly airplane
Revolt police inside Orly airplane terminal after the resumption of flights

Ziyed Ben Belgacem, 39, was executed after he put a firearm to a fighter's head saying he needed to "pass on for Allah".

Prior on Saturday, he was included in a shooting and after that a carjacking.

His dad disclosed to French radio Belgacem had called after the principal assault to state he had "spoiled with a gendarme", before continuing to Orly.

Belgacem is portrayed as having been radicalized in jail, and was on a police watch-list.

His criminal record included feelings for furnished burglary and medications offenses, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins told columnists late on Saturday.

Insight specialists sought his home in Garges-les-Gonesse, north of Paris, for confirmation of Islamist sensitivities, however apparently discovered nothing. Be that as it may, hints of cocaine were found amid the hunt.
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The succession of occasions


At an early stage Saturday morning, Belgacem was ceased at a checkpoint in Garges-les-Gonesse, north of Paris.

He discharged at police with a pellet firearm before getting away in an auto that was later discovered relinquished.

Police say he then stole an auto at gunpoint from a lady at Vitry, south of Paris. That auto was later found at Orly airplane terminal.

Belgacem touched base at the airplane terminal and assaulted a military watch in the south terminal.

He attempted to grab a servicewoman's programmed weapon, put his firearm to her head and stated: "I'm here to kick the bucket for Allah. Regardless individuals will kick the bucket."

He was then shot dead by two different fighters.

A duplicate of the Koran was found on his body, Mr Molins included.

His dad and sibling were taken in for addressing in the consequence of the assault. The sibling stays in care.

Addressing Europe 1 radio on Sunday, the father said his child was not a psychological militant, but rather somebody who "never implored and he drank".

"This is the thing that occurs affected by drink and cannabis," the father said.

He said he had gotten a telephone call from Belgacem after his underlying assault in which he stated: "Father, please excuse me. I've spoiled with a cop."
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"The assailant was holding the warrior by her neck"

At that point he hung up saying he was on the motorway.

The BBC's Hugh Schofield in Paris says the photo is working up of a man on the criminal edges of society, who likewise partnered with Islamist radicals.

Orly - found 13km (8 miles) south of Paris - is the capital's second-biggest air terminal.

The assault came at a touchy time. France has presidential decisions beginning one month from now and stays under a highly sensitive situation.

The warriors at Orly were a piece of Operation Sentinel - including a large number of fighters conveyed to give go down to the police after the Charlie Hebdo assault in January 2015 and the Paris assaults of November 2015.

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