New type of terror in Germany: 49 people pushed in front of trains in 2021 – perpetrators mostly have a migration background

More and more people are being pushed onto the rails underhandedly. In Germany, this is proven by the figures available from the Federal Police. Most of the perpetrators are not German citizens. Often they are classified as not sane in court.

Even when waiting for the train, caution is now called for. This is evidenced by the frightening increase in particularly devious attempted murders throughout Germany, which are at the same time – seemingly – random. Although there is no standardised nationwide statistic, the officially known figures of the Federal Police clearly prove: More and more Germans are being ambushed in front of the German Railways.

The Federal Police is responsible for security in the area of the German Railways. There alone, a total of 29 cases were recorded in 2020 and as many as 49 in 2021, reports the newspaper “Die Welt”. In a note it says: “This phenomenon is currently being noticed in many places in Germany.” Of the 65 known suspects, 38 were not of German nationality.

The attempted murders are staggering, even if they have fortunately at least not been fatal in the past two years. In November, for example, a man (37) lost his lower leg when he was pushed in front of a suburban train. In the same month, an elderly man (70) was injured in Hamburg-Dammtor after being pushed onto the tracks of the suburban train.

An attack in Frankfurt in 2019 caused a nationwide stir: an Eritrean pushed a boy (8) and his mother in front of an InterCity Express (ICE) train. The boy died, the mother survived. The court ruled that the man was guilty of murder, but found him not guilty and committed him to a psychiatric ward.

This is not an isolated case: several times the perpetrators were found to be mentally ill in court. Drugs and alcohol are said to play a role in many cases. Social and cultural reasons could also be relevant.

After the tragic attack on a mother and her child in Frankfurt, politicians and the German railways made several proposals to increase security. The number of video cameras is to be increased from 8,000 to 11,000 by 2024 – but this has not yet happened. The technology is also to be improved.

For the police union, all this is going too slowly. There has been no improvement in video technology, lighting, police patrols or barriers on the platforms, says Andreas Roßkopf, head of the union: “Almost nothing has happened. Compared to airports, almost no security measures are taken at railway stations.

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