Armed police forces search an S7 train Photo: Thomas Spikermann
By Peter Oldenburger
Fear and excitement early Friday evening in the S7. A man is said to have run through the S-Bahn with a gun at Bellevue S-Bahn station.
Train traffic was stopped immediately. Heavily armed federal police officers searched for the suspect – without success.
“Shortly after 6 p.m., the message came that there was a person with a weapon on a train on line S7,” said Alina Müller, spokeswoman for the Federal Police Directorate.
Police officers search the train at Bellevue station Photo: Thomas Spikermann
The operation early on Friday evening triggered considerable unrest among passengers. Children screamed in fear, passengers lay down on the ground.
All trains between the Tiergarten S-Bahn station and the main train station stood still. The federal police searched all compartments of three trains with drawn weapons. An hour later the all-clear was given.
No one with a weapon was found among the passengers. The trains started running again at 7 p.m.