Train gunman named as 25-year-old Moroccan who was known to intelligence services as a radical Islamist who fought in Syria last year
Security was stepped up on major European rail services as fears of “blowback” attacks by jihadis returning from Syria escalated after a gunman known to the intelligence agencies opened fire on a high-speed train bound for Paris.
The name of the gunman was confirmed by French police as Ayoub el-Khazani, a 25-year-old Moroccan, known to Belgian, French and Spanish authorities, who travelled to fight in Syria last year, prompting the belief that the attack was linked to Islamic State.
French authorities were questioning Khazani at their counter-terrorism headquarters outside Paris as remarkable details continued to emerge of how the heavily armed gunman was overpowered by passengers on the train in France.
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