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WorldPosted at: Mar 11 2016 7:37PM


Pressed for papers, Egyptian migrant jumps from German train to death

BERLIN, Mar 11 (Reuters) An Egyptian teenager, discovered hiding beneath a bench on a German night train, jumped out of a window and died after officials asked to see his papers, German police said today.
The 17-year-old man handed the officials migration documents, issued in Austria and identifying him as an Egyptian national, during checks on a night train early today morning near the German-Austrian border.
While police were looking at his papers, the young man escaped into another compartment, opened the window and jumped out of the moving train, two young American women who witnessed the incident told the police.
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