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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
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
One year after the attack on the Strasbourg Christmas market, French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner travelled to the city for the this year's opening of the famous annual festive fair. The minister was given a tour of the "enhanced" security measures in place around France's most famous Christmas market. IMAGES
Blood stains and medical supplies were strewn around the train carriage where a teenage Afghan refugee, allegedly armed with an axe and knife, injured four passengers on a train close to Wurzburg in southern Germany on Monday after yelling 'Allahu Akbar' according to witnesses. Three people were severely injured in the attack and another one suffered light injuries, while 14 other people had to be treated for shock.
Footage courtesy fo @Harp-detective shows Crowds of people running away from the scene of an attack in Nice on Thursday, after a truck drove through a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day, killing at least 84 people and injuring scores others. The driver, a 31-year-old French citizen of Tunisian origin, was killed after police shot him through the windshield.
Security has been visibly stepped up across France on Friday, following the deadly attack in Nice the previous evening when a truck was driven through a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day, leaving at least 84 dead and around 100 injured. French President Francois Hollande announced the extension of the State of Emergency and the deployment of 10,000 additional police officers across the country.
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