The suspicious man after the momentous bottle-throwing at the station of Kamen has again turned to the police. After initially speaking of a mistake, the 31-year-old has now admitted to having thrown the bottle. This was reported by the police in Dortmund.
According to investigators, the glass bottle thrown out of the train had bounced off an obstacle on Friday - and had hit a two-year-old toddler who was at the train station on his father's arm. The girl was seriously injured, temporarily in mortal danger and had to be operated on.
In his renewed contact with the police, the man from the Moers in the Rhineland, according to officials, said that he had been heavily intoxicated - and carelessly thrown the bottle out of the window. He was unaware that the passing train was at the height of a train station at that moment.
Travelers collect donations for the girl
On Sunday, the man had claimed that the bottle fell out of the window while handling a suitcase. The police said that the man has now corrected this information.
The officials had previously searched at high speed for the thrower from the train. They took on Friday at a stop in Greven, the personalities of about 500 passengers on. Subsequently, the passengers could continue their journey towards the North Sea. On the way back from the weekend trip, the suspect finally confronted the police.
Two police officials had boarded the return train again on the return trip. Among other things with loudspeaker announcements they had tried to solve the case. Already on Sunday it was said that witnesses had loaded a bottle thrower. He is accused of negligent assault.
Among the fellow travelers, the incident had caused a great deal of solidarity for the injured girl and his family, said the managing director of the tour operator, Bernd Niemeyer: "On the return trip, they started a fundraising campaign and have collected a four-figure sum on the train."
