Hollande 'to give France's highest award to train heroes

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AFP Paris
Last Updated : Aug 24 2015 | 1:02 AM IST
French President Francois Hollande will present three young Americans and a British man with the country's top Legion d'Honneur medal at a ceremony tomorrow in recognition of their bravery after they overpowered a gunman on a packed Thalys train, an Elysee source said.
A French citizen who also tackled the suspected jihadist but who wishes to remain anonymous will receive the honour at a later date, as will a Franco-American passenger who was hit by a bullet and is recovering in hospital, the source told AFP.
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First Published: Aug 24 2015 | 1:02 AM IST

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