The suspect in Friday's thwarted attack was "attempting to kill a whole train full of people," a French prosecutor says.
Ayoub El Khazzani has been charged with attempted mass murder and membership in a terrorist organization, Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins told reporters Tuesday.
The 25-year-old Moroccan was armed with an assault weapon and about 200 rounds of ammunition, Molins said. El Khazzani was subdued by three Americans and other passengers on the train.
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