French Police Arrest A Kalashnikov-Wielding Gunman on a High-Speed Train

Officers from France's special Anti-Crime Brigade police unit have arrested a man who fired a Kalashnikov rifle on a high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris.

The gunman, identified as a 26-year-old Moroccan, was known to French intelligence agencies. Police searching his bags found several other weapons and razor blades, including a handgun and nine magazines of ammunition.

Three people were reportedly wounded in the attack, two of them seriously. French Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet described one of the victims' injuries as "life-threatening."

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According to the French daily La Voix du Nord, two soldiers who were traveling on board the train heard the sound of someone loading a "heavy weapon" inside one of the bathrooms. The men reportedly intervened to stop the gunman before he was able to fire his rifle in the train car.

There have been conflicting reports of the identities of the soldiers. The BBC and La Voix du Nord referred to the two soldiers as American and British, while other media — including BFMTV — have referred to two US soldiers.

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According to the state prosecutor, one of the soldiers sustained a gunshot wound and the other was stabbed in the attack. The French actor Jean-Hughe Anglade reportedly sustained minor injuries to his hand while raising alarm.

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French President François Hollande took to Twitter to express "solidarity with those wounded in the attack on the train from Amsterdam to Paris." Meanwhile, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls tweeted his "gratitude" to those who intervened to stop the gunman on the train.

A spokesman for France's national railway company told the French daily Libération that passengers had overpowered the man. He was arrested at a train station in the northern French town of Arras.

The suspect told authorities that he boarded the train in Brussels.

Police have not ruled out terrorism as a possible motive for the attack. The counterterrorism unit of the Paris prosecutor's office is investigating the incident.