US EditionConductor Dies After Attack by Passenger on German Train Leaving Landstuhl
The conductor was attacked after asking a ticketless passenger to leave; Deutsche Bahn reports five daily assaults on staff amid calls for better security.
- On Monday, a Deutsche Bahn conductor, Serkan C., was attacked on a regional train leaving Landstuhl and died of his injuries the next day.
- The ticketless passenger, a 26-year-old reported Greek national, attacked after being told to leave yesterday, February 5, 2026, and was arrested at the scene without a valid ticket.
- Passengers and a German soldier administered first aid and resuscitation until police arrested the suspect at the scene, police said Tuesday.
- Deutsche Bahn announced a minute's silence at 3pm today and urged colleagues, railway workers and passengers to take part as the EVG union demanded more funding and security measures.
- Officials note attacks on rail staff are rising, citing Deutsche Bahn official figures of five daily assaults and a 2024 Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsgewerkschaft survey where 36% felt unsafe.
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Train conductor beaten to death by homeless migrant fare dodger in Germany
A train conductor has been beaten to death by a migrant fare dodger in Germany.The fare dodger - a 26-year-old Greek man - attacked the 36-year-old Deutsche Bahn employee on Tuesday evening.The conductor was doing a ticket check on a train near Kaiserslautern when a the man, with no known place of residence, began to beat him, according to eyewitnesses.The conductor, named locally as Serkan C, was attended to by several passengers who saw the at…
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