Overview

• The Bundespolizei in Leipzig has confirmed a significant increase in trainsurfing cases, with videos widely shared on social media platforms.
• Trainsurfing involves youths riding on train roofs or couplings, a practice that poses severe risks of injury or death.
• Two teenagers in Berlin lost their lives in a late-April trainsurfing accident, highlighting the deadly consequences of the trend.
• A 12-year-old boy in Berlin was critically injured in February after hitting a bridge while trainsurfing.
• Authorities in Leipzig are intensifying prevention efforts, issuing public warnings to deter the growing trend in the city and surrounding areas.