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| A gunman has injured three people on a train between Amsterdam and Paris before being overpowered by passengers, according to French rail company SNCF. | A gunman has injured three people on a train between Amsterdam and Paris before being overpowered by passengers, according to French rail company SNCF. |
| The incident happened on the high-speed Thalys service near Arras, in northern France, and the assailant was arrested at the town's station. | The incident happened on the high-speed Thalys service near Arras, in northern France, and the assailant was arrested at the town's station. |
| Two of the victims were seriously injured and at least one suffered gunshot wounds, an SNCF spokesman said. | |
| The assailant was also armed with knives, the spokesman added. | |
| Reports said French actor Jean-Hugues Anglade was among the wounded but suffered only minor injuries. | |
| According to French newspaper Voix du Nord, the other two people who were injured had helped restrain the gunman. | |
| Images shared on social media appeared to show a man being restrained on the station platform in Arras. | |
| "The situation is under control, the travellers are safe. The train stopped and the emergency services are on site," the Thalys official Twitter account tweeted. | "The situation is under control, the travellers are safe. The train stopped and the emergency services are on site," the Thalys official Twitter account tweeted. |
| French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve was heading to Arras in the wake of the attack, his ministry said. |