Attempted attack on an ICE from Cologne to Frankfurt Central Station: The suspect is accused of attempted murder. Technicians are now determining a worst-case scenario
- An ICE train driver from Deutsche Bahn notices an uneasy ride on the Tisza Valley Bridge in the Hessian Rheingau-Taunus district
- The LKA Hessen is investigating an incident on the ICE route between Cologne and Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof
- Suspect caught
Update from Tuesday, March 24th, 2020, 3:02 pm: After the attempted attempt on the ICE route between the main train station in Frankfurt and Cologne , technicians have to examine the affected section near Niedernhausen. A spokesman for the Attorney General's Office said on Tuesday (March 24, 2020) that they wanted to find out what could have happened in the worst case.
Nothing is known about the motive of the 51-year-old suspect, he is silent on the allegations so far. He is accused of attempted murder and dangerous interference in rail traffic.
Sabotage on the Cologne-Frankfurt ICE route: the suspect was previously detained
Update from Saturday, March 21st, 2020, 3.40 pm: According to the "Spiegel", the man who was arrested on suspicion of having sabotaged the ICE route between Frankfurt and Cologne has no residence. He was only released from the Nuremberg prison a few months ago, where he was serving a blackmail sentence. A judicial spokesman in Frankfurt said that there was currently no evidence of an attempt to blackmail the train.
The suspect will be brought before the judge in Wiesbaden on Saturday. The warrant is for attempted murder and dangerous interference in rail traffic. The man had planned the attack insidiously because ultimately every train could have been hit with its defenseless and defenseless inmates, the prosecution said.
Attempted attack on the Cologne-Frankfurt ICE route: suspect arrested
Update from Saturday, March 21, 2020, 2:20 p.m .: After the ICE route between Frankfurt and Cologne was apparently sabotaged, the police arrested a suspect - a 51-year-old German. The man is said to have been overcome on the night of Saturday near Cologne by special forces from the NRW police. A letter of confession led him on his track, which was addressed to Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), among others. The police announced further details.
After sabotage on the ICE Cologne-Frankfurt line: line free again
Update from Saturday, March 21, 2020, 10:00 a.m .: On early Saturday morning, Deutsche Bahn released the ICE high-speed line Cologne-Frankfurt again. The damage was repaired, it said on Twitter. The Limburg Süd, Montabaur, Siegburg / Bonn and Cologne / Bonn Airport stations would be used again.
Attempt to attack the Cologne-Frankfurt ICE route
First message from Friday, March 20, 2020: Frankfurt - The LKA in Hessen is investigating a suspected attempt to attack the ICE high-speed line between Cologne and Frankfurt central station *. Due to damage to the rails, Deutsche Bahn (DB) initially closed the route on Friday. Trains failed or had to be diverted. Police reported damage to the rails was found. It cannot be ruled out that these were deliberately brought about. The "mirror" now reports that it is an attempted attack. Unknowns would have loosened the rail screws on the Tisza Valley Bridge.
As the "Spiegel" reports, according to initial investigations on the Tisza Valley Bridge in Hesse, the screws on the rails were loosened on around 80 meters of the route. A train driver of an ICE noticed in the early morning that his train was moving uneasily over the bridge and reported the incident immediately. When asked by the "Spiegel", a Deutsche Bahn spokeswoman confirmed that there had been "an act of sabotage" on the ICE route between Cologne and Franfkurt main station.
Deutsche Bahn (DB): Attempt to attack the ICE line between Cologne and Frankfurt central station
An accident could be avoided: no train was derailed, and no one was injured, said the Deutsche Bahn (DB) . Technicians are on site on the ICE route. The work would probably take until late at night. The train had reported vandalism on Twitter in the morning. A local resident in the Rheingau-Taunus district reported on a police helicopter that was in use at noon in the Rhein-Main area. He is said to have taken pictures from the air, reports now the German press agency.
In the area of the ICE line between # Cologne and #Frankfurt, damage to the railroad tracks has been found.
A harmful event has not occurred.
The cause is currently unknown, and investigations are ongoing. pic.twitter.com/E3mhfJLsYP
Deutsche Bahn (DB) said that Limburg Süd, Montabaur, Siegburg / Bonn and Cologne / Bonn Airport are currently not being stopped. Alternatively, this should be done in Koblenz, Bonn Hauptbahnhof and Bonn-Beuel. Delays of an hour and a half are expected. In addition to the ICE trains that run via the main train station in Frankfurt and Cologne, those who are traveling from Cologne via Wiesbaden and Mannheim to Stuttgart are also affected.
According to the police, the damage was determined near Niedernhausen north of Wiesbaden, the railway reported an investigation by the police near Breckenheim, a district of Wiesbaden.
# Theis valley bridge
Please do not participate in # speculation about the crime and the perpetrator.
We will publish information as soon as it is available!
Deutsche Bahn (DB): Attempt to attack the Tisza Valley Bridge
The affected Tisza Valley Bridge near Niedernhausen north of Wiesbaden is 484 meters long and 50 meters high and has been used for Deutsche Bahn (DB) ICE traffic since 2000. It is one of 18 large valley bridges on the ICE high-speed Cologne-Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof route.
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