In the early hours of Wednesday morning ( January 15), a 17-year-old with a behavioural problem attacked officers of the state police on an intercity express train coming from Essen and then – during his arrest – assaulted federal police officers and slightly injured several officers. After fleeing across the tracks at the main railway station, he was apprehended during a manhunt.
On Intercity Express 821 (Essen – Munich), a train attendant drew the attention of two officers from the Bavarian state police to a man displaying unusual behaviour. The 17-year-old German was harassing fellow travellers, including by means of Islamic prayers. When approached, the native Rhinelander behaved extremely uncooperatively. Instead of identifying himself and showing a ticket, he shouted loudly and jumped onto a table in the compartment. In the subsequent attempt to calm him down and stop his behaviour, he physically attacked the two officers, spat at them, insulted them and slightly injured them.
After the arrival of the long-distance train at Munich Central Station, the situation shifted to the platform at tracks 20/21 at around 00:40 a.m. The 17-year-old escaped from the train and fled across the tracks while the officers cut off the path to the cross platform. At platform 21, he entered the track area and crawled under a train parked on platform 22 in the direction of the Starnberg station.
During a search near the crime scene, federal police officers spotted the fugitive, who had previously left the station area via platform 36. After hearing noises in a bush near a fence outside Starnberg station, the 17-year-old was kneeling in the bushes. In a prayer position, he played music or prayer-like recordings on a mobile phone.
When he was arrested, he resisted the federal police officers and physically attacked them with punches and kicks. He also used threats and insults. It was only possible to overpower the 17-year-old with considerable effort and with reinforcements. Two officers were slightly injured during the arrest; however, they were able to continue their duties. The trousers of another officer prevented an injury after the 17-year-old tried to bite the officer’s thigh.
The 17-year-old will be brought before a magistrate today for assaulting and resisting law enforcement officers, assault, threatening, insulting and fare evasion. Due to his behaviour, he was admitted to a psychiatric clinic during the night.
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