(AFP) A Moroccan man and three alleged accomplices went on trial in France Monday for an attempted terror attack on an Amsterdam-Paris train five years ago that was foiled by passengers whose heroic actions were turned into a Hollywood film.
Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood made the 2018 film “The 15:17 to Paris” about the events of August 21, 2015, and had even been listed as a possible witness in the trial but will in the end not have to give testimony.
Ayoub El Khazzani, who was tackled by passengers shortly after emerging bare-chested and heavily armed from a toilet on a Thalys high-speed train, admitted his plot in court.
Asked by the judge whether he admitted to the facts detailed in the indictment where he is charged with seeking to carry out the attack, Khazzani, 31, replied: “Yes, to all of them.”
