Overview

• A 30-year-old known to police allegedly initiated the attack by strangling and kicking a 28-year-old man shortly after boarding the S8 at Neuaubing station.
• At Pasing station the younger man pushed his assailant from the train and delivered multiple kicks on the platform before officers arrived.
• State police officers temporarily detained both suspects and handed them to federal police for breath alcohol tests, which recorded 2.28‰ for the 28-year-old and 1.96‰ for the 30-year-old.
• Following blood sampling and consultation with the Munich I public prosecutor’s office, both men were released pending further investigation.
• One suspect’s prior record of violent offenses underscores repeat-offender concerns in a series of on-board attacks prompting calls for tougher security on German rail services.