the pistol the rifle. authorities say as well that the passengers prevented a massacre. there's now new information about the suspect and his alleged ties to terrorism. brian to do is here looking into this part of the story. >> we have learned this suspect was on the radar of european counterterrorism officials. by it's not clear if any wand monitoring him. his lawyer says he had found the weapons in a suitindication abandoned abandoned. >> he hadded idea of getting on the train that he heard healthy people take amsterdam to parris. he thought of doing this to feed himself and do a robbery. >> reporter: french officials dismiss his tornado.