Man threatens attack on German high-speed train, 12 lightly injured
A man threatened an attack on a high-speed train in western Germany and lightly injured 12 passengers with firecrackers before being taken into custody in the town of Siegburg near Bonn, police said. The 20-year-old threw pyrotechnic objects filled with plastic pellets on board an Intercity Express (ICE) train travelling from Cologne to Frankfurt on Thursday evening, a police spokesman told dpa, citing witness statements.