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Skarlatos y Spencer, dos héroes americanos que evitaron una masacre
Dos jóvenes militares de viaje redujeron al atacante del tren Ámsterdam- París
Un residente en España, autor del atentado en el tren francés
ANA TERUEL París 22 AGO 2015 - 14:59 CEST
Anthony Sadler (amigo de los miliates que también ayudó), Alek Skarlatos y el británico Chris Norman con las medallas por su valentía. / AFP / REUTERS LIVE
“Todo ocurrió muy rápido”, relató este sábado por la mañana a la prensa Anthony Sadler, el estudiante estadounidense de 23 años que junto a dos soldados compatriotas logró neutralizar la víspera al asaltante del tren Amsterdam-París. Sadler viajaba con Alex Skarlatos, de 22 años, y Spencer Stone, este último todavía ingresado. Los tres amigos de la infancia se encontraban de vacaciones viajando por Europa. Celebrados como héroes, los tres jóvenes, ayudados por un consultor británico de 62 años, evitaron sin duda una verdadera masacre a bordo del Thalys en plena operación retorno de las vacaciones.
El asaltante, un marroquí de 26 años retornado de Siria y que residió en España durante un año hasta 2014, llevaba dos armas automáticas y una decena de cargadores. Fue detenido en la estación de Arras, al norte de Francia, donde fue desviado el tren tras el ataque y donde fue detenido. Este sábado por la mañana fue trasladado a la sección antiterrorista de la policía judicial en las afueras de París.
“Hemos oído un disparo y el ruido de cristales rotos”, explicó en conferencia de prensa desde Arras Alex Skarlatos, miembro de la guardia nacional del Estado de Oregón, que en julio regresó de una misión en Afganistán. El joven de 22 años no comprendió lo que estaba ocurriendo hasta que vio a una empleada del tren pasar corriendo. “Miré hacia atrás y vi a un hombre entrar en el vagón con una Kalashnikov. Mi amigo y yo nos pusimos a cubierto y entonces nos lanzamos sobre él”, añadió.
El consultor Chris Norman, que viajaba en el mismo vagón, explicó que al ver al hombre con la Kalashnikov Skarlatos le dijo a Stone, miembro de las Fuerzas Aéreas basado en las Azores y nacido en Sacramento, que había que ir a por él. “El hombre sacó un cúter e hirió a Spencer detrás del cuello, también casi le corta el dedo gordo de la mano. Spencer le retuvo y finalmente lo neutralizó, estaba inconsciente, le hemos atado”, indicó. “Spencer corrió unos 10 metros hasta el tipo. Nos hemos puesto a golpearle en la cabeza hasta que cayó inconsciente”, añadió Skarlatos.
“No ha dicho una palabra. Simplemente le decía: ‘devuélveme mi arma, devuélveme mi arma’”, explicó por su parte el estudiante, californiano según la prensa estadounidense. “Soy un simple estudiante que había venido a visitar a mis amigos en mi primer viaje a Europa y hemos detenido a un terrorista, es una locura”, añadió Sadler. El estudiante dijo haber hablado por teléfono con Spencer, ingresado en el hospital, y aseguró que “está bien”. “No acaba de creerse lo ocurrido”.El canal estadounidense CNN emitió un vídeo filmado por el estudiante con su teléfono móvil una vez controlada la situación en la que se puede ver al asaltante en el suelo, en pantalón blanco y sin camiseta, con las manos atadas en la espalda. En el asiento, junto a una mochila, se ve posada la Kalashnikov y manchas de sangre en los cristales. También se ve a un hombre de rodillas en el suelo con el cuello totalmente ensangrentado, aparentemente Spencer, prestando auxilio a un pasajero herido.
Durante la noche, el presidente estadounidense, Barack Obama, celebró la actuación “heroica” de los militares estadounidense y manifestó su “profunda gratitud por el valor y la reacción de varios pasajeros, incluidos miembros del ejército estadounidense, que de forma altruista han neutralizado al asaltante”. La ciudad de Arras entregó una medalla honorífica a los cuatro que evitaron un verdadero baño de sangre.Por otra parte, según el canal BFMTV, el asaltante negó a la policía ser un terrorista y aseguró que su objetivo era realizar un robo armado. Habría declarado haber encontrado las armas en un parque.
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http://www.eldiario.es/politica/Trasladan-Paris-ataque-fichado-terrorismo_0_422757754.html
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Crew on Paris-bound train barricaded themselves in their staffroom and locked the door as Kalashnikov-wielding terrorist went on the rampage – leaving PASSENGERS to take him down
Train staff on board train which was the scene of a foiled terrorist attack accused of abandoning passengers
A man named in reports as Ayoub el-Qahzzani opened fire on train which had more than 550 passengers on board
He was arrested by police at a train station in Arras and was initially taken to hospital but is now in custody
The 26-year-old Moroccan national is a suspected radical Islamist who was known to security services
Air Force airman Spencer Stone ran at the gunman when he opened fire on the high speed service to Paris
Was on the train with friend Oregon National Guard member Alek Skarlatos, 22, who was travelling through Europe
With the help of Anthony Sadler, from California, and British national Chris Norman, they stopped the attack
Three people, including Stone, wounded in the attack and French police have hailed the bravery of the bystanders
French media report the man denies being a terrorist and instead claims he wanted to carry out an armed robbery
Also claims he wanted to ransom off passengers and he found the weapons in a bag 'by chance in a Brussels Park'
By KEILIGH BAKER and DARREN BOYLE FOR MAILONLINE and WILLS ROBINSON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and NICK FAGGE IN PARIS, FRANCE FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 18:34 GMT, 21 August 2015 | UPDATED: 14:51 GMT, 22 August 2015
Train staff on board the high speed train which was the scene of a suspected Islamic extremist attack yesterday have been accused of barricading themselves in their staffroom and locking the door, leaving passengers to fend for themselves.
The Moroccan terrorist was disarmed and beaten unconscious by US servicemen and a British man after he opened fire on a Paris-bound train with a Kalashnikov.
Now, French actor Jean-Hugues Anglade, who was on board the Thalys train during the attack has slammed train staff who he claims locked themselves in an office away from the attacker and refused to help the trapped passengers.
The 26-year-old Moroccan national, who was known to security services, got on the train in Brussels and attempted his attack soon after crossing the French border. He was beaten unconscious by three men on board
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The 26-year-old Moroccan national, who was known to security services, got on the train in Brussels and attempted his attack soon after crossing the French border. He was beaten unconscious by three men on board
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Video footage of the aftermath has emerged, showing what appears to be the gunman lying on the floor (right) with his hands and feet tied up with t-shirts. A man (left) is seen on the ground with a head injury
A police forensic officer walks along a platform next to the Thalys train which was the scene of a suspected terrorist attack yesterday
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A police forensic officer walks along a platform next to the Thalys train which was the scene of a suspected terrorist attack yesterday
French forensic police officers wearing protective suits inspect the crime scene on bord the Thalys train following the incident
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French forensic police officers wearing protective suits inspect the crime scene on bord the Thalys train following the incident
French police officers patrol Gare du Nord train station in Paris one day after the foiled terror attack on a train heading towards the city
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French police officers patrol Gare du Nord train station in Paris one day after the foiled terror attack on a train heading towards the city
Thwarted train gunman was part of an Islamic terrorist cell which came within hours of carrying out another ‘major’ attack
By Nick Fagge in Paris for MailOnline
Thwarted train gunman Ayoub El-Qahzzani was part of an Islamic terrorist cell which came within hours of carrying out a ‘major’ attack in Belgium before it was shut down in a deadly fire-fight with police, according to French media reports.
El-Qahzzani has been linked to a gang of Muslim fanatics in Belgium who opened fire on anti-terrorism officers when Special Forces closed in on them near the railway station in the eastern city of Verviers, in January 2015.
Two terrorist suspects were killed and a third was arrested in the operation, close to the Belgian border with Germany.
Now El-Qahzzani has been linked to this terrorist cell, which was made up of Islamic extremists who had returned to Europe after fighting against the Assad regime in Syria.
France’s La Voix du Nord newspaper reported: ‘According to our sources, he [Al Qahzzani] was part of the same jihadist group which attacked on Belgian anti-terrorist police in a violent fire-fight in January 2015, in Verviers, near Liege.
‘It appears that he had been identified as a potential security threat by the Spanish authorities who had alerted French authorities and had asked them for further information about him.’
Thwarted train gunman Ayoub El-Qahzzani was part of an Islamic terrorist cell which came within hours of carrying out a ‘major’ attack in Belgium before it was shut down in a deadly fire-fight with police, according to French media (pictured: the suspect is arrested yesterday)
El Qahzzani has denied being part of an terrorist organisation and claims he discovered the Kalashnikov automatic rifle ‘under a bush’ in a Brussels park, La Voix Du Nord reports.
It states: ‘According to our sources Ayoub El Qahzzani, who was transferred overnight from Arras to Paris, has explained that he found the guns and took them into the train toilet to understand how they worked, not to carry out an atrocity.’
The ‘Verviers group’ had been planning to abduct and behead a prominent law enforcement official and post a video of his assassination on the internet, according to a report in the Belgian media at the time.
Another theory was that the group planned to attack a police station and kill a large number of officers.
But Belgian anti-terrorist police managed to stop them just hours before they embarked out their murderous mission.
It would have come just days after Islamic terrorists killed 17 in the barbarous attacks on a kosher supermarket and the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris in January last year.
Belgian Federal magistrate Eric Van Der Sypt said: ‘This operation stopped a major terrorist attack from taking place. You could say a second potential Paris has been averted.
‘The attack could have taken place within a matter of hours.’
Belgian police carried out searches in more than 10 properties in Brussels, Verviers and Halle-Vilvoorde as part of an investigation into extremists returning from Syria.
Four Kalashnikov automatic rifles, bomb-making equipment and police clothing were found in the raid.
‘During the investigation we found that this group was about to commit a terrorist attack in Belgium,’ a statement from the Belgian police said.
‘When the search warrants were executed in Verviers the suspects immediately opened fire with automatic weapons on special police forces.
‘They open fire for several minutes before being neutralised.
‘Two were killed and a third person who survived has been arrested.’
The actor told Paris Match: 'We heard screaming passengers in English, 'He shoots! He shoots! He has a Kalashnikov!''
The actor, who was travelling with his two children and his girlfriend, said: 'Suddenly, members of the crew ran into the hallway and their faces were pale.'
He said the staff hurried towards their own car on the train and opened it 'with a special key' before they locked themselves inside.
Mr Anglade claims he and other passengers banged on the door and shouted at staff to open up, but their cries for help were ignored.
He said: 'Nobody replied, there was radio silence. It was terrible and unbearable, it was inhumane.
'The minutes seemed like hours and protected my children with my whole body, telling them everything was fine.'
The French Interior Minister said this afternoon that the train attacker is suspected to be a radical Islamist.
US airman Spencer Stone, who on board the train during the attack, spotted the 26-year-old Moroccan acting suspiciously and heard him trying to load his weapon in the toilet.
He was travelling with Oregon National Guard member Alek Skarlatos, 22, who was on leave and travelling through Europe at the time after returning from a tour in Afghanistan.
With the help of their friend Anthony Sadler, from Pittsburg, California, and fellow passenger British IT consultant Chris Norman, they managed to wrestle the attacker to the ground, stopping what could have been a deadly terrorist attack.
Mr Sadler has described how the attacker pleaded with them to return his AK-47.
He said: 'He was just telling us to give back his gun. 'Give me back my gun! Give me back my gun!' But we just carried on beating him up and immobilised him and that was it.'
The men have since been commended for their bravery by President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande has tweeted that he will meet the men tomorrow to thank them.
Meanwhile British Prime Minister David Cameron has also praised the four men for their actions.
A No 10 spokesman said: 'The Prime Minister praised the extraordinary courage of the passengers who intervened and helped disarm the gunman, including the British consultant Chris Norman.
'The bravery of Mr Norman and the other passengers helped to prevent a terrible incident.'
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