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France nears decision on charging gunman in train attack

CORRECTS SADLER’S SCHOOL TO SACRAMENTO STATE UNIVERSITY, INSTEAD OF SACRAMENTO UNIVERSITY - French President Francois Hollande bids farewell to U.S. Airman Spencer Stone as U.S. National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos of Roseburg, Ore., second from left, and Anthony Sadler, a senior at Sacramento State University in California, right, look on at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, after Hollande awarded them with the French Legion of Honor on Monday, Aug. 24, 2015. The three American travelers say they relied on gut instinct and a close bond forged over years of friendship as they took down a heavily armed man on a passenger train speeding through Belgium on Friday, Aug. 21. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) CORRECTS SADLER’S SCHOOL TO SACRAMENTO STATE UNIVERSITY, INSTEAD OF SACRAMENTO UNIVERSITY - French President Francois Hollande bids farewell to U.S. Airman Spencer Stone as U.S. National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos of Roseburg, Ore., second from left, and Anthony Sadler, a senior at Sacramento State University in California, right, look on at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, after Hollande awarded them with the French Legion of Honor on Monday, Aug. 24, 2015. The three American travelers say they relied on gut instinct and a close bond forged over years of friendship as they took down a heavily armed man on a passenger train speeding through Belgium on Friday, Aug. 21. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

By Associated Press August 25, 2015 1 min read

PARIS (AP) – French judicial authorities are nearing a deadline to decide on what charges to file against a gunman in the attack on a high-speed train that was thwarted by three American friends and a British businessman.

Under French law, authorities have until later Tuesday to decide on charges against Ayoub El-Khazzani, who is accused of trying to attack the train from Amsterdam to Paris. He has been in custody since Friday evening.

The Paris prosecutor planned a news conference Tuesday afternoon.

U.S. military authorities in Germany said Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone was doing well at an American military hospital where he is being treated for injuries suffered as he and others helped subdue El-Khazzani.