An eight year old boy was killed and his mother injured in the incident, which took place at Frankfurt’s main train station. The suspect is currently being held by police.
Authorities have opened a murder case against a 40-year-old Eritrean national accused of pushing a mother and her child under a high speed train on Monday morning, and of trying to push other people onto the track before attempting to flee the scene, a spokesperson from Frankfurt’s prosecutor’s office has told reporters.