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Boy, 8, dies after being pushed in front of train in Frankfurt
29 July 2019
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A child has died after being pushed onto the tracks, along with his mother, in front of a train at Frankfurt's main station.

 The eight-year-old boy – and his 40-year-old mother – were pushed onto the tracks in front of an oncoming high-speed train as it was arriving at the station. Police said in a statement that the child was hit by the train and died at the scene.

His mother was able to escape by climbing onto the footpath between platform seven and eight.  ...

 According to news channel NTV, the suspect is a citizen of Eritrea, reported AFP.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party quickly linked the case to a mass influx of migrants and refugees in recent years.

"The hideousness of this act can hardly be surpassed," wrote the party's Alice Weidel on Twitter, demanding that the government "finally start to protect the citizens of this country". ...
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« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2019, 07:40:30 pm »
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... Investigators say the man, who has been identified as an Eritrean migrant, attempted to flee the scene but was pursued by witnesses and was later arrested by police. The motive for the attack remains unclear according to police who have yet to establish any links between the migrant and the victims.

The incident comes just over a week since Bosnian migrant Jackson B. was accused of throwing 34-year-old Anja B. in front of a train in North-Rhine Westphalia that also led to her death.

Police say there were no links between the Bosnian and the woman, while witnesses say he silently moved toward her and pushed her from behind into the path of the train.

Last year another migrant, a 23-year-old asylum seeker from India, attempted to kill a 5-year-old boy along with himself in Wuppertal after grabbing the boy from his family at a train station and jumping in front of a moving train.

The driver of the oncoming train was unable to stop but the pair ended up underneath the train and were unharmed. The asylum seeker was later taken to a psychiatric facility.

Several other incidents of violence have been carried out by migrants in and around train stations in Germany this year including a 50-man brawl in Rastatt, a Syrian man attacking police in a rampage in Augsburg and an Islamic State-linked Iraqi who allegedly attempted to derail trains in Bavaria.
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Re: Boy, 8, dies after being pushed in front of train in Frankfurt
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2019, 11:06:18 pm »
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...  On Monday, Seehofer pledged that the attacker would be "called to account with all means of the rule of law." However, the minister also warned against drawing premature conclusions about the Frankfurt attack, after his ministry shared that the attacker was an Eritrean citizen.

"I note that some parts of the public have already formed a judgment of this incident," he said. However, this is only possible once the background of the attack is clarified, added the conservative politician. With German states of Saxony and Brandenburg heading for parliamentary elections on September 1, the apparent attack in Frankfurt is likely to fuel the emotionally-charged discussion about refugee policy spearheaded by Chancellor Angela Merkel.  ...
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-boy-dies-after-being-pushed-in-front-of-train/a-49785190

The child is dead. What is "apparent" about it?
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