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Loose bolts on high-speed ICE rail line was a 'possible attack'

Posted: 22 Mar 2020, 07:29
by John Ashworth
Loose bolts on high-speed ICE rail line was a 'possible attack', say German police
German police said Friday there had been a "possible attack attempt" on a busy high-speed rail line between western cities Cologne and Frankfurt, after finding bolts holding the rails in place had been loosened...
German man held over attempted high-speed train track sabotage
A German man has been arrested on suspicion of having loosened the bolts on a high-speed train track between Cologne and Frankfurt. The man, described by Frankfurt’s state prosecutor as being “without fixed abode”, was arrested near Cologne on Friday night after police found specialist equipment for loosening track bolts in his car...