Americans Overpowers Attackers

President Francois Hollande will on Monday bestow France's highest honour on a group of Americans and a Briton who have been hailed as heroes for overpowering a Moroccan gunman on a crowded train.

A gunman tackled by young Americans on a train between Amsterdam and Paris pleaded with them to hand back his Kalashnikov after they overpowered him, one of the group said.

A heavily-armed man opened fire in a "terrorist attack" on a high-speed train travelling from Amsterdam to Paris on Friday, injuring at least two people before he was overpowered by two American passengers.

President Francois Hollande will on Monday bestow France's highest honour on a group of Americans and a Briton who have been hailed as heroes for overpowering a Moroccan gunman on a crowded train.

A gunman tackled by young Americans on a train between Amsterdam and Paris pleaded with them to hand back his Kalashnikov after they overpowered him, one of the group said.

A heavily-armed man opened fire in a "terrorist attack" on a high-speed train travelling from Amsterdam to Paris on Friday, injuring at least two people before he was overpowered by two American passengers.