NOTHING TO DO WITH ISLAM:
PARIS (AP) — A gunman opened fire with an automatic weapon on a high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris Friday, wounding three people before being subdued by two American passengers, officials said.
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, speaking in Arras in northern France where the suspected was detained, said one of the Americans was hospitalized with serious wounds. Their names were not immediately released.
Investigators from France's special anti-terror police are leading the investigation, a spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor's office said.
The suspect is a 26-year-old Moroccan, said Sliman Hamzi, an official with police union Alliance, said on French television i-Tele.
The suspect was armed with an automatic rifle and a knife, said Christophe Piednoel, spokesman for national railway operator SNCF.
Cazeneuve said the American passengers "were particularly courageous and showed great bravery in very difficult circumstances" and that "without their sangfroid we could have been confronted with a terrible drama."UPDATE -
UKDailyMail: Hero US marine who prevented terrorist's train massacre in France is 'in critical condition' as he and his comrades are praised for 'extreme bravery' in saving dozens of lives
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UKDailyMail: Hero US marine who prevented terrorist's train massacre in France is 'in critical condition' as he and his comrades are praised for 'extreme bravery' in saving dozens of lives
He was Known To Intelligence Services as a Moroccan - ‘North-African origin’…
Must be a Presbyterian.
Gates of Vienna expands on this event...
Belgian journalist Marin Buxant tweeted that the US Marines were on leave in Brussels when they spotted the man and followed him on the train. When the suspect went into the toilet, the Marines recognised the sound of a weapon being armed and decided to act immediately.
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