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Trial in France for extremist foiled by 3 Americans on train
PARIS — An Islamic State operative goes on trial Monday in France on terror charges for swaggering bare-chested through a train in 2015 with an arsenal of weapons and shooting one passenger. He was brought down by three American vacationers in an electrifying capture that Clint Eastwood turned into a Hollywood thriller.
The scene five years ago on the fast train from Amsterdam to Paris is the focus of the month-long trial of Ayoub El Khazzani, with testimony expected from the two U.S. servicemen and their friend, who have been hailed as heroes.
Eastwood, who turned the drama on Aug. 21, 2015 in car No. 12 into a movie “The 15:17 to Paris,” has been also summoned to appear on Nov. 23.
It was unclear whether they would be present or testify by video.