Minister warns of high terrorist threat

A railway safety worker suffered life-threatening injuries after falling from a moving train during a violent confrontation with a passenger in south-western Germany.

Police and prosecutors say the incident happened on Friday evening on a train traveling between Offenburg and Karlsruhe.

Ticket inspectors were checking a 36-year-old German passenger when a verbal altercation broke out. Two security staff were called to intervene after an allegedly drunk passenger allegedly insulted them.

After this a physical struggle started between the passenger and a security personnel.

“During the scuffle, both the persons fell on the floor. At that time, for unknown reasons, the door of the moving train opened,” officials said. It was at this point, he said, that the conductor fell out of the train.

Emergency services launched a massive search on the railway line after being alerted.

The employee, a 26-year-old Bulgarian national, was found next to the tracks about two kilometers (about 1.25 miles) from the spot where the train ultimately stopped. He was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Police temporarily arrested the suspected attacker while he was boarding the train.

Deutsche Bahn employees have been repeatedly targeted in violent attacks. In February, the death of a train attendant in western Rhineland-Palatinate after being attacked by a passenger without a valid ticket caused widespread shock across Germany.

Germany’s interior minister has warned of a growing security threat, saying attacks could be imminent.

Alexander Dobrindt explained, “The increasing volume of reports and intelligence has led me to classify the previously described abstract threat as high threat.” sunday world Newspaper.

“This means that Germany must expect the threat of attack at any time,” the conservative politician said.

Dobrindt, a member of the Christian Social Union (CSU) – the Bavarian sister party of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats (CDU) – said the identifiable attack planned was directed not only at German infrastructure, but also at individuals and institutions.

The cabinet is scheduled to consider a sweeping reform of Germany’s intelligence laws on August 13.

The changes would apparently allow intelligence agencies to intervene directly in certain dangerous situations rather than limiting their role to collecting and assessing information.

Dobrindt said, “My goal is to develop intelligence services into true secret services so that we remain competitive and are able to work as partners with friendly services abroad.”

In a serious terrorism scenario, the extended powers could allow domestic intelligence officers to enter and search homes when police are unable to arrive in time.

The minister stressed that separation between intelligence agencies and the police will continue.

“It’s the police’s responsibility to arrest people,” Dobrindt said.

Good morning! From the DW newsroom in Bonn.

Join us as Germany’s interior minister warns that the country faces a growing security threat.

Alexander Dobrindt said that the increase in intelligence reports has led him to consider the previously “abstract” threat as a higher threat.

In other news, a railway security guard has been seriously injured after falling from a moving train following a brawl in south-west Germany.

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