They ran amok on the train vandalized and abused – financial times

An 18-year-old man went berserk on a train in the town of Nässjö on Friday morning.

He assaulted two people, including a woman in the staff, and broke a tåghytt, according to police.

It took four people to overpower him.

“He was very violent,” says Björn Öberg, presstalesperson at Jönköpingspolisen.

the Police was alerted about the violent man at 06.13 on Friday. The train stood at the station in Nässjö.

The 18-year-old man is alleged to have beaten two people. One of the abused is a woman in the staff. He should have ravaged the interior in a tåghytt with your bare hands, without a weapon.

” No one has had to be brought to the hospital. But the woman has received four strokes, ” says Björn Öberg, presstalesperson at Jönköpingspolisen.

eventually had four people stop at the man and could hold him in anticipation of the police.

” It wasn’t enough with one, two or three people to overpower him, but four. He was very violent, ” says Björn Öberg.

When police arrived at 06.31 arrested the man suspected of assault, vandalism and threats against officials.

the Man had the company of several people who ran from the scene when the police showed up. With the reason of it was stopped all the trains from Nässjö in about 20 minutes. The persons in question have not been found. Their involvement in the incident is unclear.

According to the data we currently have they should not have participated in any form of abuse. Why they did not want to be in the vicinity of the police, one can only speculate, ” says Björn Öberg.

the Background to the event is unknown. The police will on Friday hold interviews with the abused persons as well as witnesses on the train. Prosecutors will decide whether the suspected offender should be detained or released after questioning.