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France train shooting: Three hurt and man arrested | |
(35 minutes later) | |
An armed man has injured three people on a train between Amsterdam and Paris before being overpowered by passengers, French rail company SNCF says. | |
The incident happened on the high-speed Thalys service near Arras, and the assailant was arrested at its station. | |
Two of the victims, said to be an American and a Briton, were seriously injured - one had a gunshot wound, the other a knife wound, reports said. | |
The reports said the man arrested was of North African origin. | |
One of his weapons was said to be a Kalashnikov. | |
Le Monde said the man also had an automatic pistol and had so far refused to talk to police in Arras. | |
The two passengers who restrained the man were believed to be American. | |
French actor Jean-Hugues Anglade was also lightly wounded when breaking glass to sound the alarm. | |
Local official Fabienne Buccio praised the passengers for showing "great composure". | |
The attack took place at about 18:00 local time (16:00 GMT). | |
Images shared on social media appeared to show a man being restrained on the station platform in Arras. | 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. | French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve was heading to Arras in the wake of the attack, his ministry said. |
Interior ministry spokesman Pierre Henry Brandet added: "Talking about a terrorist motive would be premature at the moment." | |
However, anti-terrorist officers have now taken over the investigation, the Paris prosecutor's office said. |