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1. Heroes on French train talk of moment they stopped terror attack.
Three men who helped overpower a gunman on a high-speed train in France have described the dramatic moment they stopped him, halting the attack.
The men tackled a 26-year-old man who opened fire on the train carriage armed with a Kalashnikov rifle on Saturday.
American Spencer Stone has described turning around to see the suspected terrorist with what appeared to be an AK-47.
Stone spoke at a live news conference at the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Paris along with Anthony Sadler and National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos. He said he and US National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos then tackled the man, after which Stone put him in a chokehold which eventually led to him passing out.
“He just kept pulling more weapons left and right,” Stone said, adding that the gunman kept “jabbing” at him with a stanley knife.
A third American involved in the attack student Anthony Sadler said “I came to see my friends on my first trip in Europe, and we stopped a terrorist – kinda crazy,”
French authorities say the suspect, Moroccan national Ayoub El-Kahzzani, 25, has links to radical Islamism.
U.S. Ambassador Jane Hartley said they were heroes.
“We often use the word hero and in this case I know that word has never been more appropriate,” Hartley said.
“They are truly heroes. When most of us would run away, Spencer, Alek and Anthony ran into the line of fire, saying `Let’s go.’ Those words changed the fate of many.”