The manhole cover attack on a regional train in North Rhine-Westphalia do not evaluate the investigators so far as a terrorist attack. "According to the current state of the investigation, there are no indications," said a spokesman for the police.
Several drooping manhole covers had hit the windscreen of a train on Saturday morning. According to the speaker, they were hanging from a knitting structure over the railway line between Erndtebrück and Bad Berleburg near Siegen. The 49-year-old engine driver was slightly injured. Due to a planned empty journey, no passengers were on board.
It was "planned action", so they have set up a homicide, the spokesman said. At the scene, several officers would search for traces again this Monday.
Four manhole covers stolen
Already in the night of Friday, according to the prosecutors in the town of Hilchenbach about 30 kilometers west of Bad Berleburg four manhole covers were stolen. The investigators are looking for witnesses who have witnessed the theft.
The RB 93 line operated by the Hessian State Railways, which connects Bad Berleburg (NRW) and Altenkirchen (Rhineland-Palatinate) and passes through Siegen (NRW), travels on the affected line.