Siegburg ICE attack: attempted-murder indictment admitted for November trial
Aachen Regional Court has admitted the indictment against a twenty-year-old man following an attack on an ICE train near Siegburg. Court information published on 28 October says the trial is due to begin on 10 November. Ten passengers suffered minor injuries.
According to the Düsseldorf public prosecutor general’s office, the accused threw two explosive devices into a train compartment on 2 April. Plastic projectiles injured ten passengers. He is also alleged to have left a knife in the train toilet to attack several people.
Prosecutors say the airsoft grenades were intended to distract passengers from the prepared knife attack. A railway employee and a passenger instead locked the man in the toilet and held him there until police arrived.
A court spokeswoman confirmed the schedule to the dpa news agency. Eight hearing days are planned through mid-December. The reported motive remains unknown, and investigators do not consider the attack politically motivated.
