MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Friday, the man opened fire, reportedly using a Kalashnikov rifle, and injured three people on the high-speed train.
According to El Pais newspaper’s Saturday report, Moroccan national Ayoub Kahzzani, 26, lived in Spain from 2007 until 2014, then leaving for France and later Syria, where he allegedly joined the Islamic State militant group. The counterterrorism sources told the newspaper that the man was entered in the European databases so that his movements could be tracked in 2012.
On Saturday, French media reported that the man was not intending to carry out an attack, but rob the train’s passengers.
The Islamic State militant group has taken over large parts of Syria and Iraq last year. According to US intelligence, up to 30,000 foreign fighters have joined the extremists.
