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American passengers overpower armed attacker on French train

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An anti-terrorism inquiry was launched in France on Friday, after an armed man injured three people, two of them seriously, on a train before being overpowered by two American passengers.

The incident took place at around 17:45 CET (15:45 GMT) on Friday on the high-speed Thalys service between Amsterdam and Paris.

The suspect, a 26-year-old Moroccan, was arrested at Arras station in northern France.

He is said to have been carrying a Kalashnikov, an automatic pistol and a knife.

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