A mask refuser was expelled from an ICE on Saturday.
This made the 40-year-old so angry that he started throwing stones.
Erlangen - A train attendant expelled a person who refused to wear a mask in Erlangen from an ICE - the man then threw stones at the train.
The 40-year-old wanted to take the ICE from Bamberg to Nuremberg * and did not wear a mandatory FFP2 mask, the federal police announced on Monday.
When he had to leave the train in Erlangen on Saturday evening, the passenger was so angry that he first threw a glass bottle at the train attendant, but missed him.
Afterwards, the 40-year-old tried to hit the train employee with stones, but instead damaged a pane of the train.
Mask refuser throws stones: Federal police arrest him
Finally the man fled and left his luggage on the platform.
Several federal police patrols later arrested him near the Erlangen * train station.
He is said to have fought violently against this.
It was also said that he had a forbidden switchblade with him.
According to the Federal Police, the suspect has no residence in Germany and is now in custody.
He has to answer for a number of crimes.
(dpa)
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