A pistol on the toilet of an ICE train has triggered a major deployment at Frankfurt Airport’s long-distance train station. Around 700 people had to leave the train. A cleaner of the railway had discovered the weapon today on board the train on the way from Dortmund to Munich, said a spokesman for the German Federal Police in Frankfurt. The ICE was then stopped at the airport train station and cleared.
The weapon was not loaded, said the spokesman for the Federal Police. How she got to the toilet was at first completely unclear. To be on the safe side, the entire train was checked with the help of explosive detection dogs. The German Federal Police gave the all-clear later, more dangerous items were not found.
The weapon and an empty magazine were secured. Most of the stranded passengers, according to the police could continue their journey late with other trains. The ICE itself finally left the station at around 17.20 hours in the direction of Munich.
