Paris court upholds life in jail sentence for Thalys train attacker


  • World
  • Thursday, 08 Dec 2022

FILE PHOTO: A police van believed to be transporting Moroccan Ayoub el Khazzani leaves the courthouse in Paris, France, August 26, 2015. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

PARIS (Reuters) -The Paris Court of Appeal on Thursday rejected an appeal against a life in jail sentence filed by an Islamist militant who opened fire aboard a high-speed train travelling through northern Europe.

Moroccan national Ayoub el Khazzani was heavily armed when he launched his attack moments after the Thalys train crossed into France from Belgium on Aug. 21, 2015. He was overpowered by three Americans before he killed anyone.

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