Overview

• A 22-year-old boarded ICE 501 from Berlin to Munich without a valid ticket and refused to give personal details during a check.
• After being told police would meet the train in Munich, he used a safety hammer to break the glass and activate the emergency brake at about 280 km/h.
• The train executed a full stop near the Euerwang Tunnel and then made an unscheduled halt at Ingolstadt Hauptbahnhof.
• A 50-year-old Bundeswehr soldier restrained the suspect on board and handed him to Bavarian state police at Ingolstadt.
• Bundespolizei in Nuremberg is investigating for dangerous interference in rail traffic, misuse of emergency calls, property damage and fare evasion, and no injuries were reported among the 320 passengers.