Europe Rethinks Train Security After Americans Thwart Attack

European countries will increase identity checks and baggage controls on trains after American passengers thwarted an attack on a high-speed train from Amsterdam to Paris

In this Aug.22, 2015 file photo, member of Belgian and French police stay next to a Thalys train at the Brussels Midi - Zuid train station. The attack Aug. 21 on the Thalys train from Amsterdam to Paris happened at the height of the summer travel season. AP Photo/Francois Walschaerts

PARIS—European countries will increase identity checks and baggage controls on trains after American passengers thwarted an attack on a high-speed train from Amsterdam to Paris, France’s interior minister said Saturday.

Bernard Cazeneuve said the checks would be carried out “everywhere it is necessary” but did not give other details. He spoke after an emergency meeting in Paris with top security and transport officials from nine countries and the European Union in the wake of last week’s attack attempt.

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