Shots Fired on Amsterdam-to-Paris Train, Three Injured: Police

[sarisataka]

Source: NBC

A gunman opened fire on a train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris on Friday afternoon, wounding at least three people before he was apprehended, police officials told NBC News.

It happened near Arras, France, 115 miles north of Paris.

"The situation is under control. The travelers are safe," the company that operates the train, Thalys, tweeted in French. "The train stopped and the emergency services are on site."

Two of the victims were in serious condition, French President François Hollande said in a statement.

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/3-wounded-when-gunman-opens-fire-paris-bound-train-n413891

[seaotter]

1. It seems that 3 US Marines (unarmed) may have thwarted this attack.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3206426/U-S-Marines-armed-gunman-onboard-high-speed-train-Amsterdam-Paris.html

[bigworld]

2. A French paper says 2 US Marines and 1 British serviceman

Either way, if true they saved many, many lives.

[sarisataka]

3. Uncommon valor

is still a common virtue

[davidpdx]

6. CNN is reporting them as Oregon National Guardsmen

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/22/europe/france-train-shooting-americans-overpower/index.html

Additional Coverage:

Al Jazeera America News:

Footage from CNN (Graphic video):
http://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/08/22/cell-footage-from-inside-train-shooting.anthony-sadler

CBS:

[daybranch]

9. No marines at all.

Air Force and Army and civilian were backgrounds of these three brave men.

[smirkymonkey]

4. Thank god for these brave men.

The guy had 300 rounds of ammunition. This could have been a disaster and they aborted it. Unarmed, I might add.

[davidpdx]

5. It goes to show quick thinking and knowing how to DISARM someone

worked better than other people having guns.

[daybranch]

10. 3 guys stormed gunman, who shot one with handgun

what about that shows they have any special knowledge of how to disarm someone.
As former Army infantry, I do not remember much training to disarm anyone, and I am sure most Air Force personnel nor civilians receive any training on this. By the way, the military service of two guys were Army and Air Force, and the third had not had military service. No marines were involved.
So where you have any facts to support tying your beliefs on guns to this incident I have no idea. I personally see no problems with teaching interested parties how to try to disarm a person with a gun, I suspect the normal method is to try to grab the gun or the hand holding the gun and pound him to the ground. I would caution you that although 3 guys rushed him one was shot and that could be expected. So yes I believe we need much better gun control in the US but disarming an attacker who has a gun does not equal having your own gun. I can tell you this from personal experience in combat. Nice though but just not realistic.

[raccoon]

7. Thank goodness this SOB was stopped before doing more damage.

Kudos to those who stopped him.

How the HELL did that man get that gun on the airplane?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Unfortunately, Americans assume long distance travel requires airplanes

Too many don't know about high speed trains and their many benefits.

[raccoon]

13. OK, I misread that. And no, no high speed trains around here. nt

[onehandle]

11. And today the NRA are trying to figure out how good guys without guns...

...subdued a bad guy with multiple guns and 300 rounds of ammo.

'It just doesn't make sense.' - Wayne LaPierre, Impotence Sufferer.

[flamingdem]

12. Yow, thanks to those brave humans

They averted yet another mass shooting and a return to 24 hr terror in the media