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Munich Central Station Assault Prompts Federal Probe as Track Case Draws Review

Investigators are using video evidence plus witness appeals to advance identifications and charging decisions.

Overview

  • Federal police report that a group stormed an about-to-depart ICE to Berlin, knocked a train attendant to the ground, kicked her and hurled insults.
  • An investigation is underway for bodily injury, trespass and insult after a complaint filed days later was supported by platform video.
  • Authorities are seeking the unidentified man believed to have filmed the assault and a woman who may have witnessed the incident.
  • Investigators say it is not yet clear whether the group left on the ICE or remained at Munich Central Station after the attack.
  • In a separate Nov. 11 event, officers pulled a 27-year-old from the tracks before a Railjet arrived, she was uninjured and taken for psychiatric care as police examine a possible charge of dangerous interference in rail traffic.