Seven people hurt following pepper spray incident on a train, reported by BPOL-KI
Federal Police Directorate Bad Bramstedt Responds to Pepper Spray Incident at Lübeck Railway Station
On July 2, 2025, a 38-year-old German reported to the Federal Police at Lübeck Railway Station that he had used pepper spray to defend himself against a threat from another passenger on a train from Lübeck-Travemünde.
The report triggered an emergency chain, and calls were received from the Regional Control Centre Southwind and the Emergency Control Centre Hannover stating that several people had been injured due to the use of "gas" in a train. As a result, the affected platform and track areas were temporarily closed by the Federal Police due to emergency measures.
Rescue services and state police patrols were dispatched to the railway station. After treatments were completed, the affected persons were able to continue their journey independently. The train was temporarily suspended due to the pepper spray incident.
The 38-year-old will now have to answer for the use of pepper spray for dangerous bodily harm. A criminal complaint will also be filed against a 32-year-old German who is said to have previously threatened the 38-year-old.
The Federal Police Directorate Bad Bramstedt, a federal authority responsible for Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the North and Baltic Seas, operates under the Federal Police Act and other laws. Its tasks include border police protection, railway police tasks, border police, maritime police, and environmental police tasks in the North and Baltic Seas.
The Directorate's operational units include Federal Police Inspectorates in Flensburg, Kiel, Rostock, Stralsund, Pasewalk, and a Federal Police Inspectorate for Combating Crime in Rostock, as well as a Mobile Control and Surveillance Unit. The Directorate employs approximately 2,600 employees, including police officers, administrative staff, and hourly workers.
For further information about the Federal Police, you can visit the Directorate's website at www.bundespolizei.de. The Directorate can also be followed on Twitter at @bpol_kueste. The Federal Police Inspectorate Kiel can be contacted at 0431/ 980 71 - 118 or via email at [email protected].
The Directorate also has a maritime component, "Federal Police Sea", to monitor the sea border in the North and Baltic Seas. The Federal Police Directorate Bad Bramstedt provides a vital service in maintaining the safety and security of the regions under its jurisdiction.
