Back in February....around the region of Landstuh (near Ramstein)....a ticket-check/audit was occurring on the train.
Turkish conductor....encountering a non-German...without a ticket. For whatever reason....the customer had no ticket. The conductor to the normal rule....you ID yourself, and you exit the train at the next station.
Well....the customer went berserk....for whatever reason...throwing a couple of punches...knocks the conductor on the ground. He goes into a coma...dies two days later.
So....this story goes in a odd way. Most folks thought the customer (non-German) was a refugee. Well....no....about a day into things....he's identified as a mid-20s Greek guy.
Court action? Started this week. Prosecutor lessened the charge...not murder, but manslaughter (can go from 5 years up to 15 years). The family of the conductor (Turkish).....was pretty distraught over this.
Up until a dozen years ago....you just didn't hear of attacks on conductors...awful rare. I'd suggest conductor-duty now....is a fairly risky business.
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