Airman: gunman’s weapon jammed aboard train

“So were we”.

Stone wound up slashed in the neck and hand, but the injuries were not considered life threatening.

Emanuel Skarlots told KATU News Friday night by phone from his home in Roseburg that he is “so proud” of his 22-year-old son.

A Spanish counter-terrorism source said Khazzani had lived in Spain for seven years until 2014 and came to the attention of authorities for making hardline speeches defending jihad, as well as once being detained for drug trafficking.

Asked if he had advice for anyone who might find themselves in a similar situation, Sadler responded: “To do something”.

The gunman was heavily armed, carrying a Kalashnikov assault rifle and automatic pistol, both with ammunition clips, as well as a box cutter knife. French and German officials say he had tried in March to reach northern Syria, an Islamic State stronghold. “I didn’t realize how bad they were”, Stone said.

Speaking to BFM-TV, David said: “He is dumbfounded that his act is being linked to terrorism”, adding that El-Khazzani describes himself as a homeless man.

Skarlatos, a National Guardsman based in Oregon, seized the suspect’s rifle and hit him in the head with the muzzle. [He] took out a box cutter, started jabbing at me with that. His lawyer said her client had been shocked and surprised “to the point of being amused” when he was arrested.

The three said they’d never imagined their holiday to be anything like this. “Our training kicked in after the struggle”.

Stone said he aided a passenger whose neck was “squirting” blood. “My thought was, ‘OK, I’m probably going to die anyway, so let’s go,”‘ he said according to NBC.

French police were reportedly warned more than a year ago about the radical views of a gunman disarmed by US and British passengers on a train. But he said Belgium also has opened a probe and other European investigators will join efforts to trace his movements.

Asked about this defence, his father said “it’s all very strange”, before breaking into sobs again, the Telegraph reported. Then I heard another American say “don’t you do that buddy” or something like that. Americans Anthony Sadler and Alek Skarlatos, and Briton Chris Norman, received medals for their bravery. “Give me back my gun!’ But we just carried on beating him up and immobilised him and that was it”. “He went unconscious, I think”.

Skarlatos said El-Khazzani appeared to have little or no firearms training.

One of the Americans and another passenger were seriously wounded in the attack.

“It feels unreal, like a dream”, Stone said.

In times of terror like that to please do something. “Don’t just stand there and watch”.

Jane Hartley, the U.S. ambassador to France, had similar words of praise.

“He had a Kalashnikov – I don’t know how many magazines he had”. They are heroes. Let’s pray for a speedy recovery for the injured Marine.

Train company managers denied the staff had fled, saying they had gone to the engine to alert the conductor in order to stop the train.