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On the 5th day of the trial over the foiled Paris train attack in August 2015, Anthony Sadler and Aleksander Skarlatos, two of the three Americans whose heroic intervention stopped assailant Ayoub El Khazzani, arrive at the Palais de Justice in Paris to give evidence. Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood made the 2018 film "The 15:17 to Paris" about the events of August 21, 2015 and had even been listed as a possible witness in the trial but will in the end not have to give testimony. IMAGES
Aleksander Skarlatos, one of three Americans who helped foil a terrorist attack on board a French high-speed Thalys train in 2015, says he does not consider himself a "hero". He has just testified in Paris at the court where a 31-year-old jihadist, Moroccan Ayoub El Khazzani, is being tried along with three co-defendants. El Khazzani was wrestled to the floor of the Brussels to Paris train by Skarlatos and three other men after he had opened fire. IMAGES
Paris, Nov 20 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Ian Langsdon/Mohammed Badra) US citizens Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler leave the courtroom and hold a news conference during the fifth day of the Thalys attack trial, in Paris. On 21 August 2015, gunman Ayoub El-Khazzani opened fire with an assault rifle, shot and wounded three people on a Thalys train travelling between Amsterdam and Paris before the assailant was overpowered by passengers. The incident happened near Arras, in northern France, shortly after 1600 GMT and the gunman was arrested when the train stopped at the town's station.FOOTAGE OF SKARLATOS IN FRONT OF PRESS AFTER THE TRIAL IN PARIS.
Media gather outside the court where Prince Harry is set to give testimony in his case against Mirror Group Newspapers, though the lawyers announced he will not appear on the opening day of the case, to the "surprise" of the judge, and will instead appear on Tuesday. King Charles III's younger son and other high-profile figures allege that MGN Ltd engaged in illegal activities, including phone hacking, at its titles and are seeking damages. IMAGES
Paris, Nov 19 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Ian Langsdon) American Anthony Sadler, one of the people who stopped the terrorist Ayoub El Khazzani, who on August 21, 2015, tried to commit a massacre on a Thalys train that was going from Amsterdam to Paris, said on Thursday at the trial that he hopes he will be sentenced to life imprisonment.FOOTAGE OF ANTHONY SADLER AND ALEK SKARLATOS, AND LAWYER THIBAULT DE MONTBRIAL LEAVING THE COURT.
In 2015 Ayoub El Khazzani, a 25-year-old Moroccan, was stopped by several passengers including several American tourists as he prepared to launch a terrorist attack on a French high-speed Thalys train travelling to the French capital from Brussels. He stands trial in Paris and the prosecution lawyer, Thibault de Montbrial, says any attempt at repentance by the accused should be ignored. SOUNDBITE