North Rhine-Westphalia
Man threatens attack in ICE train and lightly injures passengers
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A 20-year-old man threatened an attack in an ICE train from Cologne to Frankfurt and lightly injured twelve passengers. He threw pyrotechnic devices, leading to his arrest in Siegburg. The background of the incident remains unclear.
The first transport of highly radioactive nuclear waste from Jülich to the interim storage facility in Ahaus began on Tuesday evening. A heavy goods vehicle carrying a Castor container is escorted by around 2,400 police officers. Motorway sections in North Rhine-Westphalia are temporarily closed.
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The police union GdP anticipates up to 4,500 officers for the nuclear waste transport from Jülich to Ahaus in North Rhine-Westphalia. Landeschef Patrick Schlüter compared the effort to football derbies. Interior Minister Herbert Reul would prefer to skip the transports if possible.