A 41-year-old Eritrean migrant sexually harassed and coerced a 25-year-old man at Erlangen main train station in Germany on the night of Monday, June 1.
At around 2:00 a.m., the Eritrean sat down on a bench next to the 25-year-old German and spoke to the man several times. Then, he grabbed the victim’s buttocks. The 25-year-old pushed his hand away and changed places, but he was followed by the suspect.
“When he sat down next to the man again, he exposed his penis, grabbed the 25-year-old’s left wrist and tried to guide his hand to his penis,” the police wrote in a police report.
The Middle Franconia police headquarters reported the incident to the federal police and they arrested the Eritrean at the train station and took him to the police station.
However, instead of detaining the man, they completed the paperwork and released him. Remarkably, the African man has a police record for manslaughter and threats.
The Nuremberg Federal Police Inspectorate is now investigating him for sexual harassment and exhibitionist acts.
It is unclear if a judge ordered his release or police released him at their own volition.
New police data released days ago showed that foreigners committed 44 percent of the 27,800 violent crimes on trains last year, according to the Federal Police.
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— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) May 12, 2026The data shows there were 27,800 violent crimes in German train stations and on trains in 2025.
Violent crime has nearly doubled since 2020, when there were only 16,327 violent crimes. At the time, the proportion of foreign suspects was at 42 percent.
In 2025, there were around 2,200 sexual offenses at train stations in Germany as well. Foreign suspects were eight times more likely to be represented than Germans for this crime category.
In addition, there were 980 knife crimes; with non-German suspects six times more common than German suspects in this category.
