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2019-07-30 Europe
Danke merkill: Boy, 8, killed as '[Eritrean] man pushes him and his mum onto railway tracks'
[TheSun] Commuters chased and grabbed a suspect after the boy and mum were shoved off a platform at Frankfurt's main station.

An eight-year-old boy was hit by a train and killed when a man deliberately pushed him and his mum onto railway tracks, say police.

The mum and son were standing on a platform at Frankfurt's main station, which was "full of children", when they were shoved in front of a train.

The high-speed ICE train - travelling across Germany from Dusseldorf to Munich - ran over the boy as it pulled into the station just before 10am local time on Monday.

His 40-year-old mum managed to roll to safety in a gap between tracks, and a 40-year-old Eritrean man was arrested by police who are treating the incident as a suspected homicide.

The motive was unclear, said police.

The force said there appears to be no connection between the victims and the suspect, who allegedly fled the scene and was arrested a short time later after being chased and grabbed by commuters.

It is alleged that he had unsuccessfully tried to push a third person onto the tracks in front of the oncoming express train.

Ms Neumann said the mother was taken to hospital, and the suspect was being questioned.

The incident led to a huge emergency response which included 16 paramedic vehicles and a helicopter.

Several platforms at Frankfurt station, a major rail hub in Germany and one of the busiest in Europe, were closed after the incident

Earlier this month, a 34-year-old mum died when she was shoved in front of a train at a station in Voerde, Germany. A 28-year-old man was arrested. In that incident, the victim and the suspect did not know each other, according to police.
Unosh Hupinelet8756 submitted the Gates of Vienna take on the story, which also has some interesting comments from their readers.
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