"Due to police investigations at Elze train station, the station there and the line between Hanover and Göttingen are currently closed,” Deutsche Bahn wrote on its website. However, train traffic heading to as far away as Berlin was also experiencing delays on Friday morning, with several stops closed off and trains rerouted. The suspect fled the crime scene on a bike, according to police, after which a helicopter search for him followed. Suspect reportedly seen Friday morningA train near Elze was stopped on Friday morning after a tip from the personnel that the suspect was onboard, according to a police spokeswoman. The suspect was able to escape from the train after the staff had locked him in a wagon by breaking a window, the Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung reported.

Source: The Local September 27, 2019 09:33 UTC