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Train shooting suspect known to intel services

Published: 21 Aug 2015 - 11:10 pm | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 11:08 am
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Picture shows investigators stand on a platform next to a Thalys train of French national railway operator SNCF at the main train station in Arras, northern France, on August 21, 2015 (AFP)

 

PARIS: The man suspected of opening fire Friday on board an Amsterdam-Paris train, injuring two passengers, is from Morocco or of Moroccan origin and is known to French intelligence services, said a police source.
The 26-year-old suspect was overpowered by two American passengers on the high-speed train and arrested when the train stopped in northern France.
Counter-terrorism investigators have launched a probe.

AFP