A child has died after a man pushed him and his mother in front on an incoming high-speed train at Frankfurt’s main station, police said.
The mother, 40, was able to pull herself away from the train but her eight-year-old son was hit and suffered fatal injuries, police spokeswoman Isabell Neumann said.
The 40-year-old suspect, who is Eritrean, then apparently tried unsuccessfully to push another person onto the track.
He fled the scene with passers-by in pursuit and was arrested near the station.
Police said there appeared to be no connection between the suspect and the victims.
It comes just over a week after a woman was reportedly pushed in front of a train in the German town of Voerde. The woman was instantly killed.
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