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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.
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
Several passengers, including three Americans, thwarted a possible massacre on a high-speed train on Friday when gunman, Ayoub El Khazzani, opened fire while the train was traveling near the French town of Arras.
An attack on a French Thalys train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris left two passengers seriously injured on Friday before two US military members and other passengers fought the gunman, and tied him up.According to the New York Times, the gunman opened fire around 5:45 p.m. hitting one French passenger in the neck, before his gun jammed. He was identified by Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve of France as a 26-year-old Morrocan, but French police have
Paris, Nov 16 (EFE/EPA) - (Camera: Ian Langsdon) The Criminal Court of Paris began on Monday the trial against Moroccan terrorist Ayoub El Khazzani, who on August 21, 2015 tried to commit a massacre on a train while circulating between Brussels and Paris, however the attack was prevented by three U.S. passengers, two of them military.FOOTAGE OF THE TRIAL
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
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