Nuremberg: man throws hammer in the subway – arrest – Bavaria

A hammer thrown through a subway window narrowly missed a woman – a 47-year-old man who is said to have thrown the tool has now been arrested in Nuremberg. He is accused of attempted murder, the police announced on Thursday. He had come into custody.

The act occurred on Monday evening at the Rathenauplatz stop. As the subway on line 2 started, a man suddenly threw a hammer through the window of the train, according to police. A 27-year-old woman was narrowly missed. Like two other passengers, she suffered a shock. In addition, a 16-year-old was injured by flying glass fragments.

On Wednesday evening, the 47-year-old was arrested “largely without resistance,” said the police. The motive was initially unclear. The man had not commented on the matter either to the police or to the investigating judge.

Investigators of the “Soko Radweg” in Bayreuth are now checking whether there could be a connection to a murder case in the city, as a spokesman for the Upper Franconian police headquarters said on Thursday. A 24-year-old was killed with a knife there in August 2020. A hammer head was also found at the scene. The police spokesman said that the incident in Nuremberg fell into the grid, but one was not talking about a new hot lead.

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