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Major police operation at the train station in Wuppertal. Heavily armed special forces surrounded a train and took a man into custody.
Update from February 17th, 8 p.m.: The man arrested by the police is not the wanted RAF terrorist Ernst-Volker Staub, as a police spokesman told WDR. The man was arrested by mistake and has already been released.
Update from February 17th, 6:45 p.m.: Die Bild reports, citing a witness, that the person wanted is the nationally wanted RAF terrorist Ernst Volker Staub, who was reported on on Wednesday in the television series “Aktenzeichen XY… Unsolved”.
Major operation at the train station in Wuppertal: Suspected RAF terrorist arrested?
A police spokesman said: “There was evidence of a very dangerous person. She was able to be arrested without resistance. We are checking whether the person arrested is the person wanted nationwide. Nobody got hurt.”
Update from February 17th, 6:20 p.m.: According to WDR, the operation at the main train station in Wuppertal has already ended. One person was apparently temporarily taken into custody. Train passengers had previously reported a suspicious male person to the train staff.
Update from February 17th, 6:05 p.m.: The power was switched off in the surrounded train, as Bild reported. The emergency services should be one Evidence and arrest unit act with submachine guns. On social media like
There was a major police operation at the main train station in Wuppertal on Saturday afternoon. © IMAGO/Maximilian Koch
Original article February 17th, 5:36 p.m.: Wuppertal – On Saturday afternoon, police officers were called to a major operation at the train station in Wuppertal. Accordingly, heavily armed special forces surround a train that has pulled into the station, like focus.de reported. The reason is apparently an arrest of a suspicious person, as a spokesman explained to Radio Wuppertal. However, there is no danger to other people. The train station is largely closed.
The train route between the Ruhr area and Cologne is also affected by the closure. It was announced on one of the trains that an explosive device had been found. The police have not yet confirmed this. The use of special forces was not initially confirmed.