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Spencer Stone, one of three Americans who stopped an alleged terrorist on a French train, was stabbed multiple times in Sacramento. Though police initially alerted the homicide unit, he is now in stable condition. USA TODAY
French President Francois Hollande shakes hands with Spencer Stone. Stone, Alek Skarlatos, second from left and Anthony Sadler, right, along with U.S. ambassador to France Jane Hartley, attend a reception at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Aug. 24, 2015.(Photo: Kenzo Tribouillard, AFP/Getty Images)
Spencer Stone, one of the American heroes who thwarted a terrorist attack on a French train in August, was stabbed multiple times early Thursday in downtown Sacramento following an altercation in a bar, police said.
Stone, a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>23-year-old airman,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>received several significant<span style="color: Red;">*</span>—<span style="color: Red;">*</span>but non-life-threatening<span style="color: Red;">*</span>—<span style="color: Red;">*</span>stab wounds to his upper torso,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Sacramento deputy police chief Ken Bernard told reporters. He was listed in stable condition.
Bernard emphasized<span style="color: Red;">*</span>that the attack<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"was not a terrorist related incident, nor is it related to what happened in France a few months ago."
The police official said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the stabbing occurred around 12:46 a.m. PST following a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>verbal dispute<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in a nearby bar that continued down the sidewalk.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>He said there is no<span style="color: Red;">*</span>reason to believe that Stone "is in any kind of trouble."
He said Stone was with a male friend and three females. The suspects, who fled in a car,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>were described as two Asian males.
Everybody send prayers out to the stone family today
— alek skarlatos (@alekskarlatos) October 8, 2015
In the train incident in August, Stone, longtime friends Alek Skarlatos, 22, an Oregon National Guardsman, and Anthony Sadler, 23, a student at<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Sacramento State University, became national heroes overnight after<span style="color: Red;">*</span>tackling<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and subduing<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a gunman on a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>high-speed train from Amsterdam to Paris.
"Everybody send prayers out to the Stone family today," Skarlatos tweeted Thursday.The alleged shooter,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Ayoub<span style="color: Red;">*</span>El-Khazzani, was armed with<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Kalashnikov, an automatic<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Luger pistol<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and a box cutter.
Stone,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>from<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Carmichael, Calif., was hospitalized at the time<span style="color: Red;">*</span>with stab wounds to his<span style="color: Red;">*</span>neck and thumb, which had to be reattached.
Update: The assault incident is not related to a terrorist act. Assault occurred near a bar, alcohol is believed to be a factor.
— Sacramento Police (@SacPolice) October 8, 2015
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El-Khazzani, 25, was taken into custody when the train reached France.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>French authorities identified him<span style="color: Red;">*</span>as<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a Moroccan with ties to radical Islam who may have traveled to Syria.
President Obama poses with Army Spc. Alek Skarlatos, Air Force Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone and Anthony Sadler after a meeting in the Oval Office in September.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Mandel Ngan, AFP/Getty Images)
"We just kind of acted, there wasn't much thinking going on," Stone<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said at a news conference in Paris days after the attack. He said <span style="color: Red;">*</span>he acted out of "survival<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— and for my friends and everybody else on the train."
"He<span style="color: Red;">*</span>seemed like he was ready to fight to the end," Stone said of El-Khazzani. "So were we."
Stone earned a Purple Heart and Airman's Medal in a Pentagon ceremony, Skarlatos claimed<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the Soldier’s Medal, and Sadler was issued a civilian award.
President Obama hosted the three men at the White House last month, saying they represented "the very best of America and the American character."
"They were thinking they were just going to have a fun reunion in Paris and ended up engaging in a potentially cataclysmic situation," Obama said. "Because of their courage, because of their quick thinking, because of their teamwork, it's fair to say a lot of people were saved, and a real calamity was averted."
Skarlatos may have averted tragedy himself in recent days. He<span style="color: Red;">*</span>is participating<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in the TV show Dancing With The Stars and other activities that he said kept him from enrolling at<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Umpqua Community College<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Roseburg, Ore., this fall. Last week 10 people died at the school in a shooting rampage.
"I would have been there today," he said on the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The Ellen DeGeneres Show.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"I had classes picked out and everything."
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