Ayoub El-Khazzani was restrained by three US travellers after opening fire onboard French train
A terrorist whose plan to carry out a massacre on a packed high-speed international train was foiled by the heroic actions of a group of passengers has been sentenced to life by a French court.
Ayoub El-Khazzani, 31, opened fire with an assault rifle on the Amsterdam to Paris Thalys train in August 2015. Having shot two passengers, Khazzani was wrestled to the ground and restrained by three US tourists – two of them off-duty servicemen – and a British traveller.
