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Train gunman tells French court his target only US soldiers

by Elaine Ganley
| November 25, 2020 1:06 PM

PARIS (AP) — The gunman charged over a foiled 2015 train attack told a French court Wednesday that he had targeted only American soldiers, after refusing instructions from an Islamic State ringleader to kill members of the European Commission he was falsely told were in the train car.

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