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France train shooting: Three hurt and man arrested | France train shooting: Three hurt and man arrested |
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An armed man has injured three people on a train between Amsterdam and Paris before being overpowered by two American passengers, officials say. | |
The incident happened on the high-speed Thalys service near Arras, and the attacker was arrested at Arras station. | |
Two of the victims, said to be an American and a Briton, were seriously injured, reports said. | |
The man arrested was a 26-year-old Moroccan. Anti-terrorist officers have taken over the case. | |
The weapons were said to include a Kalashnikov, a knife, an automatic pistol and cartridges. | |
One of the two people seriously hurt had a gunshot wound, the other a knife wound. | |
French media said the arrested man was known to the intelligence services. The suspect has so far refused to talk to police in Arras. | |
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve is heading to Arras in the wake of the attack. | |
Interior ministry spokesman Pierre Henry Brandet added: "Talking about a terrorist motive would be premature at the moment." | |
Actor on train | |
The attack took place at about 18:00 local time (16:00 GMT). | |
French actor Jean-Hugues Anglade was also lightly wounded when breaking glass to sound the alarm. | 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". | Local official Fabienne Buccio praised the passengers for showing "great composure". |
French media said the men who overpowered the suspect were US Marines. | |
The UK Foreign Office said it was aware of the reports of shots being fired and that was in touch with French authorities, urgently seeking information. | |
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. |
Thalys said several trains had been delayed in the wake of the attack. | |
France has been on edge since the attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish supermarket in Paris in January, which left 17 people dead. | |
And in June a man said to be inspired by the Islamic State group beheaded his boss and tried to blow up a gas plant in southern France. |