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Around 7 in the morning, police officers from the Federal Police Station at Essen Central Station received a report about an incident on the S2 train. They quickly headed to platform 21, where the train had stopped. Along the way, they saw a man with blood stains on his pants and shirt. The 31-year-old individual explained that he'd been in an argument with another man on the train. He alleged that this man had been insulting him, and that a third person had suddenly attacked him with a knife. The Syrian national (31) managed to defend himself by blocking the knife stabs and punching the 44-year-old (Dortmund man) in the face. The attacker dropped the knife, which was picked up by a witness. The man from Gelsenkirchen (31) had no injuries, just traces of blood on his clothes.
Another police unit apprehended the suspect. The 51-year-old witness provided the knife to the officers and corroborated the statement of the Syrian man. The police confiscated the knife and took both men (31, 44) to the police station at Essen central station. The 44-year-old (Dortmund man) denied the charges and claimed that he just wanted to resolve the dispute between the man from Gelsenkirchen (31) and the unidentified person. The 31-year-old then struck him with a punch.
The Federal Police requested video analysis from the S-Bahn train and started preliminary investigations against the 44-year-old from Dortmund for inflicting bodily harm. The 31-year-old is being interrogated for assault charges. Additionally, he has filed a complaint against the unknown person for insulting him.
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Source: symclub.org
