(Washington Post) James McAuley - Ayoub El Khazzani, 26, a Moroccan citizen and the main suspect in the August 2015 attack on a crowded high-speed train in northern France, was under orders from the same Islamic State terrorist cell that orchestrated the Paris attacks in November 2015, his lawyer said Thursday. Khazzani was subdued by fellow passengers aboard the train including three Americans, two of whom were off-duty members of the U.S. armed forces. Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the mastermind of the Paris attacks, had given Khazzani explicit orders to attack the train.
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