Gun man overpowered on train

[Nikolai Petroff]

The gunman took the wrong train. He was on his way to Calais and UK.

[tumble dryer]

Very neat.

Hmmmmm. (just saying)

[S10GTA]

Nikolai Petroff said:

Was the gunman a follower of a certain Religion of Piss... I mean Peace, silly me.

Sometimes it's better to let people think you're a dick rather than confirm it.

[rich85uk]

Nikolai Petroff said:

Was the gunman a follower of a certain Religion of Piss... I mean Peace, silly me.

We dont know that it's still too early, all we know it that he's 26, from Morocco and known to the security services

Still staggered at what these guys prevented, from a nut job/terrorists point of view a high speed train packed with people gives you as long as you need to carry out a huge killing spree on people trapped

[Langweilig]

fttm said:

So 2 American marines were walking past the toilet and happened to hear an AK47 being loaded , really ??

Yes. U.S. Marines are weapons-trained and would be familiar with the sound of small arms being loaded.

[Langweilig]

If we all had I.D. cards, things like this wouldn't happen.

[tumble dryer]

Langweilig said:

Yes. U.S. Marines are weapons-trained and would be familiar with the sound of small arms being loaded.

Whit? !

[tumble dryer]

Langweilig said:

If we all had I.D. cards, things like this wouldn't happen.

Whit? ! (aaaaahhh, sorry) X

[130R]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=472_1440194057

[Huff]

8no standard AK47 mags = 240 rounds... the intervention by the two US marines is huge service today, whether or not there's more to this story yet to appear in the public realm. Bravo.

[tumble dryer]

Huff said:

8no standard AK47 mags = 240 rounds... the intervention by the two US marines is huge service today, whether or not there's more to this story yet to appear in the public realm. Bravo.

Agree. Wholeheartedly. The man on the ground (whatever this current scenario), incredibile bravery.

[AMG Merc]

rich85uk said:

Still staggered at what these guys prevented, from a nut job/terrorists point of view a high speed train packed with people gives you as long as you need to carry out a huge killing spree on people trapped

Ageee, this could have so nearly been France's 911. Good lads.

[Oakey]

tumble dryer said:

Langweilig said:

Yes. U.S. Marines are weapons-trained and would be familiar with the sound of small arms being loaded.

Whit? !

It's almost plausible, right?

I mean, we all know that familiar sound of a pump action shotgun from the movies, it's not impossible that trained soldiers would recognise the sound of an AK being loaded

It's a good cover story at least

[Pesty]

If the live leak link above is correct he fired one magazine then they pounced

[Wills2]

Whatever the reason for them being there they saved the day, hope they all pull through as one is reported as badly injured.

Edited by Wills2 on Saturday 22 August 00:27

[fttm]

Oakey said:

It's almost plausible, right?

I mean, we all know that familiar sound of a pump action shotgun from the movies, it's not impossible that trained soldiers would recognise the sound of an AK being loaded

It's a good cover story at least

Yeap , there's a lot more info not coming out yet but the guys did what they had to do and hats off to them for their bravery,whether they were meant to be there or not

[Cie]

Realistically, how do you stop this?

I'm glad I'm not in charge of sorting this terrorist mess out.

[otolith]

Cie said:

Realistically, how do you stop this?

He was known to intelligence services and thought to be dangerous.

There are ways of dealing with this. Just depends whether you are willing to live in a country where the security services are empowered to do so. It's far from ideal.

[Tony Starks]

otolith said:

He was known to intelligence services and thought to be dangerous.

There are ways of dealing with this. Just depends whether you are willing to live in a country where the security services are empowered to do so. It's far from ideal.

Thats the catch22 thiugh isn't it? Its sort of whats needed, but not whats wanted.
So many arguments for and against.

[anonymous-user]

Nikolai Petroff said:

The gunman took the wrong train. He was on his way to Calais and UK.

rich85uk said:

Still staggered at what these guys prevented, from a nut job/terrorists point of view a high speed train packed with people gives you as long as you need to carry out a huge killing spree on people trapped

I wouldn't like to be in a very long tunnel under the sea if that had really kicked off