France must be prepared for further domestic terror threats, French President Francois Hollande said Tuesday, just days after several bystanders foiled a possible terrorist attack aboard a Thalys high-speed train travelling to Paris, reports the International Business Times.
Hollande urged heightened security and alertness, telling journalists and diplomats in Paris that the attack on the train would not be the last terror incident in France.
"We are always exposed and Friday's aggression on the Thalys Amsterdam-Paris train could have resulted in monstrous carnage without the courage of several passengers," Hollande said referring to the heavily armed suspect, as reported by Agence France-Presse. "This attack is fresh proof that we must prepare for other attacks and therefore protect ourselves," he said.
Ayoub El Khazzani, 25, boarded a passenger train Friday armed with a Kalashnikov assault rifle, a Luger automatic pistol, ammunition and a box-cutter. Three off-duty U.S. servicemen and a few bystanders wrestled Khazzani to the ground, sustaining injuries while averting what many authorities believe was a terrorist attempt.
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