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Police Clear ICE Train at Bitterfeld After Suspected Gun Proves to Be Phone Case

The 31-year-old owner now faces a weapons-law charge over the deceptive accessory.

Overview

  • An emergency call at 18:35 reported a woman carrying a firearm on an Intercity-Express traveling from Berlin toward Munich.
  • State police and the Federal Police precinct in Halle deployed to Bitterfeld Hauptbahnhof and cleared the platform before boarding the train.
  • Officers located a phone case on a table in front of a 31-year-old that closely resembled a real pistol and then issued an all-clear.
  • The woman cooperated as officers checked her identity, seized the phone case, cited her for a weapons-law violation, and excluded her from further travel.
  • No actual weapon or injuries were found, and the incident was resolved on site, according to the Federal Police in Magdeburg.