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August 21, 2015 This article is more than 2 years old.

A potential terrorist attack appears to have been foiled this evening (Aug. 21) after US marines on an Amsterdam-to-Paris high-speed train overpowered a gunman armed with automatic weapons and knives.

The marines—some French media reported that there were two, and other reports said three—reportedly heard the distinctive sound of the Kalishnikov rifle being loaded in a bathroom, and overpowered the shooter.

According to the local paper La Voix du Nord, via the Guardian, two marines were injured, one by gunfire and the other by a knife. A British passenger was also injured, according to Reuters. The iTele television station reported that the gunman told police he was a 26-year-old Moroccan.