Attack with a thermos flask: Train driver is hit in the head through the open side window

Created: 09/13/2022, 22:53

By: Niklas Hecht

The engine driver of an S-Bahn was attacked in the Main-Taunus district on Tuesday (September 13).

(Iconic image) © Sebastian Gollnow/dpa/archive image

In the station in Hattersheim (Main-Taunus-Kreis), a thermos flask is thrown at a train driver - it hits him through the open side window on the head.

Hattersheim – A train driver in the Main-Taunus district was attacked with an unusual projectile on Tuesday (September 13): a thermos flask hit him in the head.

According to the federal police, the engine driver was standing with his S1 on platform three in Hattersheim station when an unknown man threw the stainless steel thermos through the open side window of the S-Bahn.

The platoon leader was slightly injured by the projectile and was able to continue his duty shortly after the attack.

The police seized the thermos flask.

She is being forensically examined.

Why the attacker threw the can at the train driver is now the subject of a preliminary investigation into dangerous bodily harm, as reported by fnp.de.

Thermos flask attack on the engine driver in Hattersheim (Main-Taunus-Kreis): the police are looking for witnesses

People who have observed the incident and can provide information about the perpetrator are asked to call the Federal Police Inspectorate in Frankfurt am Main on 063/1301451103.

(Niklas Hecht)

Attacks on S-Bahn trains are common in the Main-Taunus district.

Two years ago, a whole group of stone-throwers attacked an S-Bahn line S3 on the route between Eschborn and Eschborn-Süd.