Overview
- A 26-year-old Deutsche Bahn security employee fell from a regional train traveling about 120 km/h after a violent confrontation during a ticket inspection and remains critically injured but reportedly stable.
- Police initially detained a 36-year-old passenger and prosecutors sought an arrest warrant for dangerous bodily harm, but a local Amtsgericht declined to issue the warrant and the suspect has been released.
- Authorities say the passenger, who is described as previously convicted for violent offenses and allegedly intoxicated, punched and kicked the security worker during the dispute.
- Investigators say the door was damaged during the struggle and a technical expert has been hired to find out how the door gave way and allowed the worker to fall; police and prosecutors continue their probe.
- Deutsche Bahn and major rail unions condemned the attack, cited a fatal February case as context, and urged faster judicial action and legal or operational changes to better protect on-board staff.