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Cops detain man following attack threat on French train: operator

Situation now under control, says spokesman

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 03 Feb 2023 9:30PM

Cops detain man following attack threat on French train: operator
French security forces have arrested a man who was threatening to commit an attack on a high-speed train, the French national transport operator said. – Pixabay pic, February 3, 2023

STRASBOURG – French security forces today detained a man who was threatening to commit an attack on a high-speed train, the French national transport operator said.

The TGV train heading from the eastern city of Colmar to Paris had a delay of 90 minutes as a result of being stopped for security forces to intervene, the spokesman said.

“The situation is finished and under control. The individual has been arrested,” an SNCF spokesman said.

A police source said that the man was initially detained by a policeman who was travelling on the train as an ordinary passenger.

The nature of the attack that the man had threatened to commit was not immediately clear. – AFP, February 3, 2023

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