Boy, 8 dies after he and mother are pushed on train tracks in Frankfurt, Germany by Eritrea Afrocoon

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Boy dies after he and mother are pushed on train tracks in Germany

Woman rolled to safety but boy, eight, was struck by high-speed train, say police in Frankfurt


An eight-year-old boy has died after he and his mother were deliberately pushed on to train tracks at Frankfurt’s main railway station, German police have said.

The boy was hit by a high-speed ICE train and killed instantly. His mother was able to roll into a safe gap between two platforms and escaped injury.

The suspect was chased through the station by passengers who tackled him to the ground. Police later confirmed a 40-year-old man of African origin had been arrested.

The incident happened at about 10am on Monday on platform seven of the station, which is one of Germany’s busiest. The boy’s mother was being treated for shock, according to a police spokeswoman.

“Passengers witnessed the disaster, and ran after the fleeing man. It was possible to arrest him while he was still in the station,” the spokeswoman said. She added that the man had intended to push a third person on to the track, “but she was able to defend herself”.

The suspect is believed to be from Eritrea, according to police. He was being held in police custody on Monday but his possible motive remained unclear. The alleged perpetrator and the victims are not believed to have known each other.

 

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German prosecutors open murder investigation into Eritrean in Frankfurt

The Eritrean man suspected of pushing a mother and her child onto train tracks is being investigated on murder charges. Prosecutors said the man's motives remain unclear.
Date 30.07.2019

German prosecutors have opened an investigation for murder and attempted murder against the 40-year-old Eritrean man suspected of pushing a mother and her 8-year-old son onto train tracksat Frankfurt's main railway station on Monday.

The boy was killed by an oncoming train, while his mother managed to survive by rolling onto a narrow footpath between tracks.

At a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, federal police President Dieter Romann said the man also attempted to push another 78-year-old woman onto the tracks, and then fled. He was pursued by witnesses and a state policeman in civilian clothes, who then arrested him outside the station.

Read more: Opinion: Should German media report a suspect's nationality?

The prosecutors' office earlier confirmed to DW further details about the suspect: the man was married with three children, had been living in Switzerland since 2006, and was neither under the influence of alcohol or drugs during the attack. The suspect also did not know the victims.

At the press conference in Berlin, Romann added that the Eritrean, who he named only as A., had applied for asylum in Switzerland on arrival in 2006, which had been granted in 2008. Romann added that he had had a steady job, had been considered "well-integrated," but had recently caught the attention of Swiss police through a series of violent incidents.

Five days ago, the man threatened a neighbor with a knife, and had subsequently been subject of an arrest warrant. Romann suggested this may have been the reason why he had traveled to Germany.

 

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Pictured: Eritrean man accused of pushing a young boy to his death in front of a train as it's revealed suspect was a poster boy for integration in Switzerland

Habte Araya was pictured by the Swiss labour agency which found him work
In an interview in 2017 he said he 'liked almost everything about Switzerland'
Now he faces murder and attempted murder charges over the Frankfurt attack