An eight-year-old boy has died after he and his mother were ‘pushed’ in front of an incoming high-speed train at
Frankfurt’s main station, shortly before 10 this morning. Pictured: Police run onto the tracks following the attack
Witnesses at Frankfurt’s main station saw a man dressed in dark clothing push the child and his mother, 40, in front of a high-speed InterCity Express (ICE) train, travelling from Dusseldorf the Munich.
A 40-year-old man has been arrested.
The mother was able to save herself, by rolling into the narrow gap between tracks.
She has been taken to hospital and is being questioned.
Police told BILD: ‘The mother was barely able to save herself. Passersby watched the attack and ran after the fleeing man, of African descent. He was arrested in the station’.
Several witnesses saw a suspect dressed in dark clothes pushing the child, local media reports.
Several witnesses needed medical treatment after seeing the death, hessenschau.de reported, and a conductor, who saw the incident from a train, shouted.
The station was ‘full of children’ a witness told the publication.
Four of the busy stations tracks were closed following the attack, causing delays for dozens of commuters.
The ICE train he was hit by travel at speeds of up to 186mph (300kmph).
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