Molins said El-Khazzani notably watched an online video inciting radical violence minutes before the thwarted attack.
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But he is said to have told investigators he is “dumbfounded” by accusations he was intending to carry out a terror attack.
Meanwhile, France 24 reports that the alleged gunman, Ayoub el-Khazzani, says he was not plotting a terrorist attack.
In footage caught by the iTele network, Khazzani was seen arriving at the Paris courthouse on Tuesday flanked by policemen, barefoot, handcuffed and with a mask over his eyes.
During questioning by authorities, El-Khazzani said he had no terrorism plans and had found a bag of weapons Thursday in a Brussels park and planned to use them to rob passengers, Molins said.
But his explanation grew less and less plausible, the prosecutor said, and the suspect eventually stopped speaking to investigators at all.
El Khazzani then went into one of the cars, where two American servicemen jumped on him when his weapon jammed and – with the help of another American and a British man – managed to bring him down and tie him up, Molins explained.
The suspect had travelled through several European countries and had been repeatedly incarcerated in Spain and flagged for surveillance in France, Molins said.
A fifth man, French-American Mark Moogalian, who tried to take away the gunman’s rifle before the other four got involved, will receive his own Legion of Honor later.
Molins said he had also spent time in France in 2014 working for mobile phone operator Lycamobile – a claim confirmed by the head of the firm who said Khazzani stayed for two months and left because he did not have the right work papers. El Khazzani fired off several rounds, and the man escaped through the doors into the next auto , the prosecutor said.
Authorities said El Khazzani was recently in Hatay Province in southeastern Turkey, close to the Syrian border.
The train incident has highlighted growing difficulties in protecting public spaces from individual attackers.
The prosecutor said El-Khazzani boarded the train on Friday at a Brussels station.
Beneath French regulation, authorities have till later Tuesday to determine on expenses towards Ayoub El-Khazzani, who’s accused of making an attempt to assault the practice from to Paris.
France has been on high alert since 3 jihadist gunmen went on a killing spree in and near Paris in January, leaving 17 people dead.
Europe’s high-speed rail network is a vital part of the continent’s vast train system, packed with passengers from all walks of life and transporting far more people than airplanes.
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He is studying at the local community college and hopes for a career in law enforcement, said his stepmother Karen Skarlatos.
