Chemnitz: Ticket management escalates once more – man injures police officer with headbutt | EUROtoday

A person threatened a conductor and injured a police officer at Chemnitz major station. The 36-year-old Turkish citizen is claimed to have been aggravated by a ticket test on Thursday and formed his proper hand right into a pistol with which he indicated a shot, the federal police stated. When federal cops have been alerted, the person insulted them and threw objects round.

The man was not allowed to get on the regional prepare and was taken to an workplace. On the way in which he spat on the cops and injured one among them with a headbutt. The police officer was taken to hospital with bruises to his face. The suspect remained unhurt. According to the knowledge, the conductor wished to test the person on the platform as a result of he had already taken the prepare a number of instances with no ticket. This time he had a ticket with him.

Two weeks in the past, a prepare attendant on a regional specific close to Kaiserslautern was fatally injured throughout a ticket test. According to the police, a passenger didn’t have a sound ticket and was supposed to depart the prepare, whereupon the 26-year-old hit the conductor a number of instances within the head along with his fist.

An arrest warrant had been issued in opposition to the 26-year-old suspect. According to the general public prosecutor’s workplace, this can be a 26-year-old Greek citizen who says he lives in Luxembourg. Accordingly, there are not any earlier convictions or police findings in Germany.

The violent act sparked nationwide grief and horror in addition to requires more durable measures to fight rising violence in public areas. Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) stated: “I am dismayed, shocked and deeply affected by the death of conductor Serkan C.”

At a security summit final week, the federal authorities, states and railways determined to make sure extra security on trains. To this finish, amongst different issues, all railway workers involved with clients are to be outfitted with cameras – so-called physique cameras – on a voluntary foundation this yr.