On 21 August 2015 , in the 2015 Thalys train attack , a man threatened passengers with an AKM assault rifle on a Thalys train between Amsterdam and Paris . One passenger was shot in the neck with a pistol when the rifle jammed . Two United States military personnel and other passengers intervened and overcame the attacker . One of them was cut in the struggle
2015 Thalys train attack
2015 Thalys train attack
ISIL-related terror attacks in France