American media reported the third victim was hurt while fleeing the scene.
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Police officers work on a platform next to a Thalys train at Arras train station, northern France, Friday, August 21, 2015.
The two were apparently injured in the incident.
French President Francois Hollande and Belgian premier Michel agreed in a telephone call to “cooperate closely” in the investigation, according to a statement from the Elysee. Two other passengers were also believed wounded before the Marines could take the terrorist down during this latest French terrorist attack, reports the Daily Mail.
Motive unknown… criminal and forensic investigators gather after an attack on a train by an assailant armed with guns and knives. Without them we would have faced a bad drama’.
In a separate statement, French presidency said Hollande and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel vowed to step up security cooperation and consolidate efforts to facilitate the investigation into the shooting.
The marines confronted the man as the train was passing through Belgium, officials say, literally catching him off-guard as he loaded an AK-47 assault rifle.
French actor Jean-Hugues Anglade was reportedly lightly wounded when he broke glass to sound the alarm.
Train operator Thalys said that travellers were safe and the situation was under control.
Three people were injured aboard the Thalys train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris, authorities said.
Christophe Piednoel, spokesman from the French railway company SNCF, said the suspect carried an automatic weapon and a bladed weapon.
Speaking in Arras, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve praised the Marines for their timely intervention.
The French have been anxious about the potential for terror attacks since the January 7 assault on the offices of the satiric newspaper Charlie Hebdo that killed 12, among them some of France’s most famous comic artists. He suffered a light hand injury, Blondeau said.
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French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the two unnamed US citizens were “particularly courageous and showed extreme bravery in extremely hard circumstances”.
