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Trial in France for extremist foiled by 3 Americans on train

by Elaine GanleyNicolas Vaux-Montagny
| November 17, 2020 12:07 AM

PARIS (AP) — Head lowered, an Islamic State operative listened silently as a Paris judge on Monday detailed his alleged plot to unleash mass slaughter on a high-speed train before he was tackled and subdued by American vacationers whose heroics inspired Clint Eastwood to direct a Hollywood re-enactment.

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