France: 3 people wounded in shooting on high-speed train

PARIS — A spokesman for France's interior ministry says three people were wounded in a shooting on a high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris on Friday.

Speaking on French television BFM, Pierre-Henri Brandet said a suspect is in custody and the train has been evacuated.

Brandet said the motivation for the attack is unknown.

Christophe Piednoel, a spokesman for national railway operator SNCF, said the suspect was armed with an automatic rifle and a knife.

France's interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve is en route to the Arras, 115 miles north of Paris, where the train stopped after the attack.

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