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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 532

Ayoub El-Khazzani

Police detaining a suspect on the platform at the main train station in Arras, northern France, on August 21, 2015, after an armed gunman on the train was overpowered by passengers. (AFP Photo/Courtesy of Christina Catherine Coons)
December 17, 2020, 10:06 pm
Islamic State operative jailed for life over foiled 2015 France train attack
Paris court convicts Moroccan Ayoub El Khazzani for planned terror attack thwarted by passengers, issues sentences of 7-27 years to three accomplices
By Marie DHUMIERES
A courtroom sketch made on December 17, 2020, shows the defendants Ayoub El Khazzani (up), (From Down L) Bilal Chatra, Redouane El Amrani Ezzerrifi and Mohamed Bakkali at the Paris Courthouse in Paris. (Benoit Peyrucq/AFP)
December 17, 2020, 3:58 pm
IS operative faces possible life sentence in failed Amsterdam-Paris train attack
Verdict to be handed down over 2015 attempted terror attack, which was foiled by 3 American passengers who tackled the accused
By AP
Armed police officers take part in a raid in the Molenbeek neighborhood of Brussels, Belgium, March 18, 2016. (screenshot: VTM via AP)
June 20, 2016, 9:54 pm
Belgium detains 6 over foiled 2015 train attack — prosecutors
Police pick up possible accomplices to shooting on a Paris-bound locomotive; judge may release them shortly
By AFP
Member of Belgian and French police stay next to a Thalys train at the Brussels Midi - Zuid train station, on Saturday, August 22, 2015. Security has become more visible after an attack on Friday of a Thalys train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris. (Francois Walschaerts/AP)
August 26, 2015, 2:19 pm
EU ministers to discuss improving security after train attack
Officials to consider ‘concrete proposals’ to improve public transportation safety, as suspect is charged with terrorism
By AP and AFP
Islamist gunman Ayoub el-Khazzani attempted to murder passengers on a train to Paris on August 21, 2015. (Screen grab: YouTube)
August 26, 2015, 4:42 am
France train suspect watched jihadi video, prosecutor says
Investigations turns up jihadist links for Ayoub El-Khazzani, whose attempted rampage was stopped by passengers
By Thomas Adamson and Greg Keller
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