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3 Americans Thwart Terror Attack on French Train
Mediaite
Andrew Kirell
8/22/2015
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The story leading international news coverage this weekend is the thwarting of a gunman’s attack on a European train by three American tourists and a British national.
As a high-speed train traveled from Amsterdam to Paris on Friday afternoon, a shirtless man reportedly exited the restroom with a loaded rifle. And that’s when four men swung into action to prevent potentially massive bloodshed.
According to witnesses and the men themselves, National Guard member Alek Skarlatos, Air Force member Spencer Stone, American civilian Anthony Sadler, and British passenger Chris Norman successfully subdued the unidentified gunman and hogtied him on the floor of the train.
The struggle resulted in no deaths, but Stone sustained injuries to his body that required hospitalization.
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Mediaite
Andrew Kirell
8/22/2015
Excerpt:
The story leading international news coverage this weekend is the thwarting of a gunman’s attack on a European train by three American tourists and a British national.
As a high-speed train traveled from Amsterdam to Paris on Friday afternoon, a shirtless man reportedly exited the restroom with a loaded rifle. And that’s when four men swung into action to prevent potentially massive bloodshed.
According to witnesses and the men themselves, National Guard member Alek Skarlatos, Air Force member Spencer Stone, American civilian Anthony Sadler, and British passenger Chris Norman successfully subdued the unidentified gunman and hogtied him on the floor of the train.
The struggle resulted in no deaths, but Stone sustained injuries to his body that required hospitalization.
More from CNN:
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Saturday in Paris that the French passenger, whose name wasn’t immediately known, was the first to intervene, followed quickly by the Americans.
The suspected attacker was armed with a Kalashnikov assault weapon, nine chargers, a Luger automatic pistol, a 9mm charger and a box cutter, Cazeneuve said.
The identity of the suspect is not yet fully established, but he could be a man of Moroccan origin, who lived in Spain in 2014 and Belgium in 2015 and had ties to radical Islam, according to Cazeneuve.
The suspected attacker was armed with a Kalashnikov assault weapon, nine chargers, a Luger automatic pistol, a 9mm charger and a box cutter, Cazeneuve said.
The identity of the suspect is not yet fully established, but he could be a man of Moroccan origin, who lived in Spain in 2014 and Belgium in 2015 and had ties to radical Islam, according to Cazeneuve.
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View the complete article, including image and videos at:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/3-america...-french-train/