A French national carrying firearms was arrested at London's Gatwick airport, police said Saturday. According to the Metro newspaper, the man approached a check-in desk carrying two guns. Police and airport staff pursued the man and he was found to have another gun strapped to his body when arrested a short time after.
LIVE Bomb squad arrive to deal with suspicious package at Gatwick (@brightonargus) https://t.co/GlAdQUVvNe pic.twitter.com/tJly4ixIuP
— AirLive.net (@airlivenet) November 14, 2015
Earlier in the day Sussex Police said the terminal was being evacuated "for the protection at the public."
Due to an incident - the North Terminal has been evacuated as a precautionary measure. Extra staff on-site looking after passenger welfare
— Gatwick Airport LGW (@Gatwick_Airport) November 14, 2015
At 6:10 PM London time the Gatwick airport said on Twitter the North Terminal was re-opened.
The evacuation came hours after terrorist attacks in Paris which claimed the lives of at least 129 people.
I'm speculating here, that the 'agents' concerned responsible for the terrorist attack in Paris, know full well that you can't target too many places or people at once or the average person will begin to 'smell a rat' and not believe anything the authorities say without questioning it. It's also a reasonable excuse to get the average person demanding extra 'security' at airports.