German police has arrested a 26-year-old Greek citizen for the suspected manslaughter of a train conductor following an altercation over a ticket inspection.
The incident occurred late Monday night when the 36-year-old conductor, Serkan C., approached a group of four passengers, aged between 20 and 30, to check their tickets. According to police, one member of the group did not have a valid ticket and was asked to leave the train.
Police say the suspect then attacked the conductor as the train was departing Landstuhl station, near Kaiserslautern, in the southwestern state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The conductor, a father of two, reportedly suffered multiple blows to the head and collapsed shortly afterward.
He was transported to hospital, where he died from his injuries approximately 24 hours later.
The victim was of Turkish origin, media in Turkey reported.
Police in Kaiserslautern confirmed that the suspect has no registered permanent residence in Germany. He was brought before a magistrate on Tuesday and remanded in custody. Authorities are treating the case as suspected manslaughter.
The incident has shocked railway employees and the wider public across Germany. Rail workers held a minute’s silence at train stations across Germany on Wednesday afternoon in memory of their colleague.
Violence against railway staff during ticket inspections and on trains has been a growing concern in Germany and Europe, sparking debates about worker safety and calls for increased security measures.
PS What’s going on? Now we export our violent young men also in Europe?
He was not a Greek. He was a Syrian Refugee,
who got a Greek Passport when he entered illegally in Greece. Nice try to blacken the name of Greeks. Shame on you
German authorities call him “a Greek” you know better??? BTW Some Greeks blacken their own name since ever.