Mask dispute escalates: police shoot knife man in Frankfurt S-Bahn
Created: 12/21/2022, 8:18 p.m
By: Kai Hartwig
Police officers stand in the Gateway Gardens S-Bahn station.
The Frankfurt police had to stop an attacker with a firearm there.
© Sebastian Gollnow/dpa
An incident occurred on an S-Bahn in Frankfurt.
A man pulled out a knife and the police had to shoot him.
Frankfurt am Main – According to the Frankfurt police, there was an incident in the Gateway Gardens S-Bahn station on Wednesday evening.
Police officers used their firearms and shot a man.
The attacker was injured, said a police spokesman.
No details were given about the severity of the man's injuries.
Frankfurt: Police stop knife stabbers in the S-Bahn – another passenger attacked and injured
According to a spokesman for the Frankfurt police, the man attacked another passenger with a knife on the S-Bahn.
The victim was injured in the attack.
The police then intervened and overpowered the perpetrator.
After the incident, the station was cordoned off.
According to information from the
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, the stabber is said to have been advised of the mask requirement by employees of Deutsche Bahn.
Then he suddenly pulled out a knife and was only stopped by a police officer's shot, which hit him in the thigh.
The Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) has meanwhile stated that there are partial cancellations and delays on the route due to a police operation in the Gateway Gardens area.
The S8 runs via the airport long-distance train station.
The S9 line will be diverted to Raunheim, according to the RMV.
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