Man Arrested After Threat on German High-Speed Train That Injured 12

Overview

• Authorities say the suspect, a 20-year-old German from Aachen, threatened violence and ignited two devices on an Intercity-Express running between Cologne and Frankfurt.
• Passengers overpowered the man and locked him in a restroom until officers boarded at the Siegburg/Bonn station and made the arrest.
• Police report at least 12 passengers sustained minor injuries, and one person was taken to a Bonn hospital with ear trauma.
• Officers recovered two knives and two additional commercially sold smoke devices from the suspect’s bag after the arrest.
• Investigators are pursuing counts of dangerous bodily harm and possible explosives and weapons offenses, and they have not identified a motive.