French Train Shooting: US Soldiers, French Actors and Toilet Cubicles - Arras

• published: 22 Aug 2015
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French train attack: 'click-click-click' then 15 seconds of terror on “I thought it was a toy,” still-shocked 35-year-old said. Amy, American tourist who had been sitting beneath window when it was shattered by a bullet, was being comforted by her husband. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/22/french-train-attack-click-click-click-then-15-seconds-of-terror-on-paris-express Spencer Stone, part of U.S. Air Force, spotted 26-year-old Moroccan acting suspiciously and heard him trying to arm his weapon in the toilet of high speed train between Amsterdam and Paris. He was travelling with Oregon National Guard member Alek Skarlatos, 22, who was on leave travelling through Europe at the time after returning from Afghanistan. Belgian journalist Marin Buxant Tweeted that the US Marines were on leave in Brussels when they spotted the man and followed him on train. French actor Jean-Hugues Anglade, who appeared in 1986 cult film 'Betty Blue', was lightly injured. It is understood he cut his hand while breaking the glass on the emergency alarm. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3206426/U-S-Marines-armed-gunman-onboard-high-speed-train-Amsterdam-Paris.html When he checked the AK-47, Mr Skarlotos said it had jammed and would not have been able to fire. The cartridge for the handgun had also been dropped, he said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34023361 Thalys said the attacker got on its train in Brussels. Thalys is partly owned by SNCF and Belgian railways and runs international trains joining France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. All four countries are part of the Schengen area through which people travel without the need for passports and security check-ins. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/08/22/uk-france-train-shots-idUKKCN0QQ20I20150822 Alek Skarlatos of Roseburg was riding the train during a European vacation when a young man armed with a Kalashnikov rifle and a box cutter opened fire. Skarlatos and his traveling companion –Spencer Stone, who is in the Air Force – heard the gunshots from an adjacent car, according to his father Emanuel Skarlatos. http://www.kgw.com/story/news/local/2015/08/21/oregon-soldier-takes-down-gunman--french-train/32162823/ https://www.facebook.com/alek.skarlatos and fathers https://www.facebook.com/emanuel.skarlatos Activities: Shooting and Guns, George W. Bush. Contrary to early reports, Lorthiois said the attacker did not fire his automatic weapon but wounded one man with a handgun http://www.nrtoday.com/news/17818922-113/breaking-news-roseburg-man-helped-stop-gunman-on http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=127_1440206505 and Web Cache http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:6qOj3hAM8gQJ:www.liveleak.com/view%3Fi%3D472_1440194057+&cd;=1&hl;=en&ct;=clnk≷=us 20th Aug -UK in talks with Holland and Belgium to close off migrant routes http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/20/migrant-routes-britain-theresa-may-uk-talks-holland-belgium Anthony Sadler, from Pittsburg, California, Aleck Skarlatos from Roseburg, Oregon, and Chris Norman, a British man got medals - SAME DAY. Chris Norman, a 62-year-old British consultant, told reporters he had been sitting in the same carriage as the Americans when they heard a shot. They're pictured at a restaurant in Arras, posing with medals - Reuters. Passenger Christina Cathleen Coons, of New York, described the drama in car 12 of the train in an interview with Ouest France newspaper. "I heard shots, most likely two, and a guy collapsed," http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/71358040/Shooting-on-high-speed-train-wounds-two-Marines-overpower-shooter http://heavy.com/news/2015/08/alek-skarlatos-belgium-france-paris-terrorist-train-attack-oregon-national-guard-marines-gunman-massacre-hero-morocco-roseburg/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34023361 French Interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve (L) and Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May shakes hands in front of Eurotunnel Calais Aug 20, 2015 http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/french-interior-minister-bernard-cazeneuve-and-britains-news-photo/484549782 Spanish newspaper El País said the attacker's name is Ayoub El Qahzzani, a 26-year-old ... The gunman is believed to be a 26-year-old Moroccan. Spanish newspaper El País said the attacker's name is Ayoub El Qahzzani, a 26-year-old Moroccan who was known to secret services. Syria getting mentioned. Bernard Cazeneuve, France's interior minister, arrived in Arras to speak to the victims of the attack. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11817679/France-high-speed-train-shooting-what-we-know-so-far.html --------------------------------------- Citizen Journalist and History Anarchist: #AntiZionist #FreePalestine #AntiWar #BanTheBomb #EndDebt 'On doit des egards aux vivants; on ne doit aux morts que la verite'. [We should be considerate to the living; to the dead we owe only the truth]. Letter to M. de Grenonville (1719).