Berlin: German police said on Monday, they had detained a man suspected of threatening and injuring several passengers on a train in northern Germany. The suspect allegedly threatened a passenger with a knife and stole his rucksack on the regional train bound for the Baltic coast city of Stralsund on Sunday evening, the police said in a statement.
According to Ghana News Agency, the man is also accused of punching a woman who filmed the incident twice in the face and hitting another woman. The man left the train in Jatznick, where police later identified and detained a 30-year-old man matching the description given by witnesses.
Police said the man was already known to them and was wanted for resisting officers in a previous case. While in custody, the man reportedly went on a rampage in his cell. Several drugs were later found there, including methamphetamine and cocaine.
He was provisionally arrested and transferred to a forensic clinic. He is under investigation for aggravated robbery and bodily harm.