Train gunman had terrorist intent

It appears from information revealed Tuesday by a French prosecutor that the world owes much to the people who subdued a gunman on a Thalys train in France late last week. By jumping him and disarming him, they may have prevented a massacre of enormous proportions. The prosecutor, Francois Molins, said at a press conference that the suspect, Ayoub El Khazzani, carried with him about 200 rounds of ammunition. His Internet usage, Molins said, showed "clear evidence of terrorist intent." And his goal? The prosecutor put it in stark terms: El Khazzani, the prosecutor said, was "attempting to kill a whole train full of people." El Khazzani has been charged with attempted murder, attempted mass murder and membership in a terrorist organization, Molins said. Molins said El Khazzani has invoked his right to remain silent after days of "evasive answers." 'I'm not going to be the guy who dies sitting down' Four passengers who thwarted the gunman's plan were awarded the French Legion of Honor on Monday by French President Francois Hollande. One of them, Briton Chris Norman, told CNN on Tuesday that he preferred to die trying over sitting and waiting for a near-certain death. "My position was, I'm not going to be the guy who dies sitting down," Chris Norman told CNN's "New Day" on Tuesday. "If you're going to die, try to do something about it." Norman was among four people, including the three Americans, who overpowered a man armed with a Kalashnikov automatic rifle Friday on a train from Amsterdam to Paris.