Attempted attack in the Thalys The six detainees were released

Six people were arrested following raids carried out on Monday as part of the Instruction to the attempted attack committed in the Thalys between Paris and Amsterdam on 21 August 2015. This Monday night, these individuals were all released . Information confirmed by the federal prosecution.

Four raids were conducted in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, a Woluwe-Saint-Lambert and Haren. Weapons or explosives were not discovered, said the federal prosecutor.

Taken for hearing

The six detainees were taken for hearing. The investigating judge in charge of the file will decide in the coming hours whether to place them under arrest. Federal prosecutors declined to give information about the identities of those arrested. The searches took place without particular incident.

The investigation continues and the benefit of it, federal prosecutors will not communicate about the issue, he said.

These searches follow the attempted attack in a Thalys train to Paris on 21 August. Ayoub El Khazzani, aged 26, was then mounted heavily armed on board the high-speed train to the Brussels-Midi station. He was then hidden in the toilet, which he had left a handmade weapon just before the train crosses the French border. Four travelers (three Americans and one British) were interposed and had mastered the individual. Three passengers were eventually injured.

A few days after the events, Ayoub El Khazzani was indicted in France for attempted murder in relation to a terrorist undertaking.

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Response:

This article discusses a recent attack on the trains in Paris. I found this article quite vague and would have liked more detail on what attacks contained or how they were carried out and then eventually how they were stopped. The partial cause of my confusion most likely stems from the language used to write the article. The article was originally in French and then google translated it into English. In this translation some of the meaning might have been lost. The author has very little bias. I found it interesting that they caught six people after searching a train as a result of a previous attack. I would have liked to know more on how that attack was prevented. IT is refreshing to hear of cases where added security has made a difference in some potentially harmful situations.