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		</div><p>An American, who tackled a so-called Islamic State operative aboard a high-speed train, has gone into hospital, casting doubt on whether he will be able to testify in the trial.</p>
<p>Spencer Stone, then aged 23, was among passengers who helped subdue gunman Ayoub El Khazzani aboard the Amsterdam to Paris train on August 21 2015.</p>
<p>Thibault de Montbrial, Mr Stone’s lawyer, would not give details but said the former US airman would not testify as planned on Thursday afternoon.</p>
<p>“I know that he is hospitalised. I don’t know why. I don’t know how he is,” Mr de Montbrial said.</p>
<p>“The only thing I’m certain of is that he is not in a state to testify today. We are going to regroup this evening to gauge whether he can be heard tomorrow morning or afternoon.”</p>
<p>El Khazzani, a 31-year-old Moroccan, is on trial with three suspected accomplices. He risks life in prison if convicted of attempted terrorist murder.</p>
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<p>El Khazzani boarded the train in Brussels armed with a Kalashnikov, nine clips with 30 rounds each, an automatic pistol and a cutter, according to investigators.</p>
<p>Once aboard the train, El Khazzani lingered in a restroom between cars and then emerged bare-chested with his weapons.</p>
<p>One of the witnesses scheduled to testify on Thursday afternoon is Mark Moogalian, a French-American who wrestled the Kalashnikov off El Khazzani – before being shot himself.</p>
<p>Mr Stone has said he was coming out of a deep sleep when the gunman appeared. He and Alek Skarlatos, then a 22-year-old US National Guardsman recently back from Afghanistan, snapped into action, tackling the gunman.</p>
<p>Mr Skarlatos was scheduled to testify on Friday.</p>
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<p>Mr Stone, whose hand was injured by the cutter, is also credited with saving Mr Moogalian, whose neck was squirting blood.</p>
<p>Their heroics inspired Clint Eastwood’s Hollywood re-enactment The 15:17 To Paris.</p>
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