The Federal Police warns train passengers against using manipulated power sockets. There is a risk of electric shock.
On Friday morning (September 1, 2023) around 8 a.m., a female federal police officer traveling on the RB 87 train from Augsburg to Munich discovered a manipulated power socket. She noticed the manipulation before using it, so she was not injured. The officer immediately informed the train crew, who made an announcement on the train and warned against using sockets.
After the GoAhead train arrived at Munich Central Station, federal police officers inspected the socket in question and confirmed the suspicion. For further forensic measures, the train driver steered the train, which had meanwhile been emptied, to the Pasing depot accompanied by the federal police. There, a forensic technician from the investigative service of the Federal Police Inspectorate in Munich secured the tracks. After that, a technician from the railway company GoAhead replaced the socket and the police released the train again.
The police are now investigating the suspicion of attempted bodily harm and are evaluating images from the video recording of the train. A search for other manipulated sockets was negative. No passenger was injured as a result of the socket being tampered with.
Not the first such incident
In the past few days, manipulated power sockets have been discovered several times. In various trains of different railway companies on different routes and stations in the Federal Republic of Germany. Unlike in the current case, travelers even suffered electric shocks.
The Federal Police asks train passengers to inspect the power sockets on trains before using them to see if there is anything unusual about them and if this is the case, to inform the train staff immediately. For example, there could be a metal pin or something similar in the socket poles, which can lead to an electric shock if it comes into contact.
Federal Police Inspectorate Munich
