Train gunman had traveled to Syria – Spanish sources

Spanish anti-terrorist sources identified the gunman who injured three passengers on the Amsterdam-Paris fast train Friday as Ayoub el-Qahzzani, a 26-year-old Moroccan who was known to secret services, according to El Pais. They said he "had residency" in Spain for a year until 2014, when he moved to France. He then traveled to Syria and returned to France soon after.

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