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Showing Original Post only (View all)US Service Members foil suspected terrorist attack (UPDATED) [View all]
Last edited Sat Aug 22, 2015, 04:12 PM - Edit history (1)
Additional details to earlier reports --
Unarmed US Marines foil suspected terrorist attack onboard high-speed train between Amsterdam and Paris after they take down Kalashnikov-wielding Moroccan gunman known to intelligence services
A group of unarmed US Marines on board a high-speed train between Amsterdam and Paris foiled a terrorist attack after a gunman opened fire with an assault rifle, wounding three people.
The 26-year-old Moroccan national, who was known to security services, came out of the toilet brandishing the gun and opened fire. Fortunately, two US Marines were nearby and overpowered him before he could massacre passengers.
The suspected terrorist had at least nine full magazines of ammunition holding almost 300 rounds. He was also carrying a knife.
Unfortunately, one of the Marines was shot and is believed to be in a critical condition.
A group of unarmed US Marines on board a high-speed train between Amsterdam and Paris foiled a terrorist attack after a gunman opened fire with an assault rifle, wounding three people.
The 26-year-old Moroccan national, who was known to security services, came out of the toilet brandishing the gun and opened fire. Fortunately, two US Marines were nearby and overpowered him before he could massacre passengers.
The suspected terrorist had at least nine full magazines of ammunition holding almost 300 rounds. He was also carrying a knife.
Unfortunately, one of the Marines was shot and is believed to be in a critical condition.
Keep fighting, Airman.
This next part leaped out at me --
Belgian journalist Marin Buxant Tweeted that the US Marines were on leave in Brussels when they spotted the man and followed him on the train. When the suspect went into the toilet, the Marines recognised the sound of a weapon being armed and decided to act immediately.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3206426/U-S-Marines-armed-gunman-onboard-high-speed-train-Amsterdam-Paris.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3206426/U-S-Marines-armed-gunman-onboard-high-speed-train-Amsterdam-Paris.html
UPDATE -- Not Marines as earlier reported.
An Oregon Army National Guard member from Roseburg was one of three Americans who stopped a gunman who opened fire Friday aboard a high-speed train passing through Belgium.
The guard member, 22-year-old Alek Skarlatos, had wrapped up a tour in Afghanistan in July and was spending a month in Europe with friends, his stepmother Karen Skarlatos told The Oregonian/OregonLive on Friday night.
He was on the Amsterdam-to-Paris train with a group, including childhood friends Anthony Sadler, a senior at Sacramento State University, and Spencer Stone, a member of the U.S. Air Force, Sadler told the Associated Press.
http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2015/08/oregon_national_guard_member_h.html
The guard member, 22-year-old Alek Skarlatos, had wrapped up a tour in Afghanistan in July and was spending a month in Europe with friends, his stepmother Karen Skarlatos told The Oregonian/OregonLive on Friday night.
He was on the Amsterdam-to-Paris train with a group, including childhood friends Anthony Sadler, a senior at Sacramento State University, and Spencer Stone, a member of the U.S. Air Force, Sadler told the Associated Press.
http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2015/08/oregon_national_guard_member_h.html
Thanks to Warren Demontague for the link.
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Just like gun control kept the shooter from acquiring a rifle and nine 30-round magazines.
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#7
Women and minorities are the fastest growing segment of the gun owning population.
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#28
I'm guessing a Kalashnikov and a shit ton of ammo in a bag are kind of distinctive. nt
msanthrope
Aug 2015
#13
There's two types of country in the world. Those who use the metric system and
Glassunion
Aug 2015
#38
article says they heard the distinct sound of loading the gun from inside the restroom
HFRN
Aug 2015
#29
They weren't passengers....they saw the guy in the station and followed him onto the train. nt
msanthrope
Aug 2015
#57
You and about 45 others according to his boasts. Frankly, I'm surprised he saw the OP. I was
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#53
The early reports were not sure it was a terrorist until his skin color and his religion were known.
Fred Sanders
Aug 2015
#12
He was already known to the authorities, and I think the attack was the convincing item.
Yo_Mama
Aug 2015
#49
And again, what kind of threat needed to be neutralized in a suspect that was running away?
Rozlee
Aug 2015
#113
And I said many in the US kill even after the threat is neutralized and even when
Rozlee
Aug 2015
#123
What would cause 3 presumably strange to this area to start following a stranger, and
jtuck004
Aug 2015
#101
Read the original post without edits. You'll see they were originally identified as Marines
Xipe Totec
Aug 2015
#97
Wow. (edited to add: Not Marines, one Air Force one Oregon National Guard)
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2015
#76
Not sure where the 'toilet' story came from - he shot, and then the 2 decided to rush him
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2015
#77
See #79 - it now seems it was another who struggled with him first
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2015
#90
Ain't that some shit? Take a vacation from Afghanistan and wind up having to deal with another dick
hollowdweller
Aug 2015
#104
Someone I know just wrote that she thought this was a false flag thing or a "plant"
betsuni
Aug 2015
#111