After an ax attack on a regional train in south-east Brandenburg, the suspect was taken into custody on Saturday. That said a spokesman for the southern police department in Cottbus after the presentation to the magistrate. The 37-year-old Pole is urgently suspected of dangerous bodily harm. The police are now talking about an axe, previously they had spoken of an “axe-like object”.
The man boarded a regional train in Guben on Friday afternoon. According to the police, he is said to have demolished six monitors and then injured a 17-year-old teenager with the ax. She suffered a serious head injury. According to the police, there were around 15 passengers in the regional train on Friday. The investigation into the motive for the attack continued, said a spokesman.
The man is said to have walked through several wagons of the regional train. Alcohol or drugs were not involved in the suspect, according to initial findings. The investigators first secured evidence on Friday afternoon and interviewed witnesses.
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