Overview
- At Cologne Central Station on Tuesday evening, a 33-year-old Iranian man allegedly attacked multiple passengers on Platform 3 after a dispute on the RE8, striking an uninvolved traveler from behind and then others.
- Two bystanders subdued the Cologne suspect before police arrived, and one helper sustained a bleeding arm wound after being bitten during the restraint.
- A drug rapid test for the Cologne suspect returned positive, and he was placed in provisional custody on suspicion of dangerous bodily harm due to continued aggression and flight risk.
- On Monday in a Gelsenkirchen S2 train near Rotthausen, a 61-year-old conductor was allegedly punched and kicked in the head and torso by three youths following a fare check, with two of them also striking intervening passengers.
- The Gelsenkirchen suspects, aged 15, 16 and 17, were restrained, identified, photographed and fingerprinted, then released to guardians as federal police secured video evidence and opened cases for bodily harm and related offenses.