PARIS, March 18 (Reuters) - French soldiers shot dead a man at Paris' Orly airport on Saturday after he tried to grab a weapon, BFM TV reported.
The airport was evacuated following the incident, the television channel said.
French police confirmed that a security operation was in progress at the airport, south of the capital.
(Reporting by Gus Trompiz, Simon Carraud, Marine Pennetier and Eric Faye; Editing by Dale Hudson)