3 injured after attack in the ICE: “Travellers shouted: There is a knife man” | Regional

Seubersdorf (Bayern) – There was a knife attack on the ICE train between Regensburg and Nuremberg around 9 a.m. on Saturday morning. Three people were seriously injured. BILD learned: The victims are three men (26, 39, 60).

Renate Kammann (77) was just standing in the aisle when she heard the screams of the other passengers: “They shouted, ‘There’s a knife man. Everything backwards’. They almost knocked me out.”

Ludwig Faust (68) was also on the train, says: “We heard the screams. People came running out of car 4. I wanted to know what’s going on when suddenly I saw a man on the ground. Luckily the police got there very quickly.”

The knife attacker was arrested at the scene. According to BILD information, it is the 27-year-old Syrian Abdalrahman A. He is said to have had mental problems and called for help on the train. He is said to have entered Germany in 2014 and been a recognized refugee.

Police operation in Passau

Meanwhile there was a larger police operation in Passau. That said a police spokesman for the German Press Agency.

The spokesman did not initially confirm a connection to the knife attack. For tactical reasons, he could not provide any further information.

However: The alleged perpetrator is said to have lived in Passau last. According to the police, the background to the crime in the ICE is still unclear. The investigations into the knife attack are being carried out by the Regensburg Criminal Police Office and the Nuremberg-Fürth public prosecutor’s office.

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Coincidentally special police forces nearby

Around 300 passengers sat in the ICE from Regensburg to Hamburg. Luckily, two platoons of the support command (special forces of the Bavarian police) were on their way to the football game in Regensburg and in the immediate vicinity at the time of the crime.

The passengers evacuated from the train are currently being looked after in a hall near the Seubersdorf train station in the Neumarkt district in der Oberpfalz, a spokesman said on Saturday afternoon.

Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer (72, CSU) thanked the police and the train staff. His spokesman Steve Alter published a statement by Seehofer on Twitter.

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Bavaria’s Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (65, CSU) also commented on the knife attack. Herrmann to BILD: “I am shocked by the terrible knife attack that happened today on the ICE to Hamburg. I would like to thank the police and the rescue services for the quick access and quick help for the injured passengers.” He wished the injured that they would recover as soon as possible and recover from the attack.

Meanwhile, the investigation is ongoing. “The police are working flat out to clarify the background to the terrible act and the motive of the perpetrator as quickly as possible. It must also be checked to what extent there are psychological problems,” says Hermann

The attack happened near Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz. The police headquarters in Oberpfalz was on site with a large contingent. Criminal police and forensics were in the ICE to secure evidence.

After the train service between Nuremberg and Regensburg had been interrupted since the morning, it could be resumed in the evening. “The route and the station were released by the police around 6:30 p.m.,” said a spokeswoman for Deutsche Bahn. “Now all train traffic is running again.”

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