FRANKFURT: A 40-year-old Eritrean man killed an eight-year-old boy on Monday by pushing him in front of an oncoming train at Frankfurt’s main train station in Germany, police said.
The man also pushed the boy’s mother but she survived. Police were unaware of any connection between the man and the victims and his motive was unclear, a police spokeswoman said.
“According to witness reports, a 40-year-old man pushed the boy and his mother onto the track just as the ICE (high-speed train) was arriving. The mother, thank God, was able to save herself,” the spokeswoman, Isabell Neumann, told reporters.
“Unfortunately, the eight-year-old boy was run over by the ICE. He suffered fatal injuries,” she added. “The man concerned ... fled the station after the crime. Passers-by took up the chase and the man was detained near the station.”
Neumann said the suspect was being questioned. The boy’s mother was taken to hospital and would also be questioned. Frankfurt police said on Twitter the suspected perpetrator was an Eritrean citizen.
Several platforms at Frankfurt station, a major rail hub in Germany, were closed after the incident.
The police spokeswoman said the man tried to push a third person onto the track but the woman managed to defend herself.
Interior Minister Horst Seehofer strongly condemned the “horrific act” and warned against jumping to any conclusions as police were still investigating.
Seehofer said he would cut short his holidays to discuss the security situation with senior officials on Tuesday and inform the public afterwards.
Man pushes boy in front of train in Germany, killing him
Man pushes boy in front of train in Germany, killing him
- The man also pushed the boy’s mother but she survived
- Police were unaware of any connection between the man and the victims
Trump tells US govt to ‘immediately’ stop using Anthropic AI tech
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump told the US government Friday to “immediately” stop using Anthropic’s technology after the AI startup rejected the Pentagon’s demand that it agree to unconditional military use of its Claude models.
Anthropic insists its technology should not be used for the mass surveillance of US citizens or deployed in fully autonomous weapons systems, while the Pentagon says it operates within the law and that contracted suppliers cannot set terms on how their products are employed.
“I am directing EVERY Federal Agency in the United States Government to IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic’s technology. We don’t need it, we don’t want it, and will not do business with them again!” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform.
“There will be a Six Month phase out period for Agencies like the Department of War who are using Anthropic’s products, at various levels,” the US president said, referring to the Department of Defense.
Anthropic did not immediately reply to a request for comment on Trump’s announcement.
The Pentagon had said Anthropic must agree to comply with its demand by 5:01 p.m. Friday or face compulsion under the Defense Production Act.
The Cold War-era law, last invoked during the Covid pandemic, grants the federal government sweeping powers to direct private industry toward national security priorities.
The Pentagon also threatened to designate Anthropic a supply chain risk — a label typically reserved for companies from adversary nations — which could severely damage its ability to work with the US government and harm its broader reputation.
But Anthropic refused, with its chief executive Dario Amodei saying Thursday that “these threats do not change our position: we cannot in good conscience accede to their request.”
