Off the wire
• China to display seven types of missiles in V-Day parade  • President Xi opens athletics worlds  • Ex-Khmer Rouge social affairs minister dies at age of 83  • Two dozen suspected illegal immigrants injured in traffic accident in Austria  • Urgent: Egyptian court sentences MB supreme guide to life in prison over 2013 anti-police violence  • China's Silk Road initiative a partnership project, not competitor: Russian PM  • Mexican government denies conflict of interest in case of First Lady's property  • FLASH: EGYPTIAN COURT SENTENCES MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SUPREME GUIDE TO LIFE IN PRISON OVER STORMING POLICE STATION IN 2013  • Roundup: S.Korea, DPRK to hold senior-level contact amid border tensions  • Interview: Popular support leads China to victory in war against Japan: Brazilian expert  
You are here: 　 Home

Identity of France train assailant not confirmed yet: interior minister

Xinhua, August 22, 2015 Adjust font size:

Investigation to identify the shooter at a Thalys train linking Amsterdam and Paris, who injured three passengers, was underway, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Saturday.

"It is advisable to remain cautious about (the gunman's) identity which is not confirmed yet. If confirmed, it would correspond to a 26-year-old Moroccan man known to the intelligence services," Cazeneuve added.

The suspect, who was arrested when the train stopped at the northern French town of Arras, had been under French police surveillance after Spanish security services identified him as radical Islamist.

Three passengers were wounded in the shooting, including an American soldier and a Franco-American traveller. Endit