In Hamburg, the police are investigating dangerous bodily harm after a woman suffered chemical burns on the seat of a bus. According to the information, the 59-year-old was traveling in a bus on line 29 in the Lohbrügge district in the east of Hamburg on Holy Saturday morning. “She noticed that her trousers were getting damp in the buttocks and changed seats,” the police said in a statement. “After getting off the bus, she noticed a tingling sensation and later an increasing pain, so she called an ambulance.”
In the clinic, doctors diagnosed the chemical burns and treated the woman. She filed a complaint. The investigators secured the clothing of those affected for investigation and temporarily pulled the bus out of circulation.
After an initial check, the fire brigade assumed that the substance on the seat was an alkaline solution. The result of the toxicological investigation at the State Criminal Police Office is still pending, according to the Hamburg police on Tuesday afternoon when asked by stern.
Several comparable cases had already occurred in the Hanseatic city about a year ago. Three people had suffered chemical burns from liquids on the seats of public buses, but in the west of Hamburg. Investigations later revealed that the caustic substance was a lye. According to media reports, the police had no evidence of an intentional act at the time. Whether there is a connection with the recent incident is being investigated. “However, according to the current status of the investigation, there is no information available,” said a police spokesman.
The Hamburg police are looking for witnesses to the current case. The hotline number is (040) 428656789.
Source: Hamburg police press release, Hamburg police information, AFP news agency
