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France Formally Opens Terror Probe Into Train Attack

PARIS (AP) - The Paris prosecutor's office says authorities are formally opening a judicial investigation into terror-related acts after a thwarted attack on a high-speed train last week.

Prosecutor Francois Molins said Tuesday the decision was based on the actions by 26-year-old Moroccan suspect Ayoub El-Khazzani on the train Friday night and information from other European authorities about his travels and apparent links to radical Islam.

Molins said El-Khazzani notably watched an online video inciting radical violence minutes before the thwarted attack.

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