According to the police, the initial suspicion that the man they were looking for was the RAF terrorist Ernst-Volker Staub was not confirmed. According to the police, the man who was mistakenly arrested was traveling with a female companion and has since been released.
According to the police, train passengers reported a dangerous male person to the train staff in the afternoon. The person is said to have resembled the dust they were looking for. At Wuppertal main station, heavily armed special forces boarded the train and took the man into custody.