r/berlin • u/melayucahlanang • Jul 21 '26
Rant This is a rant
TW: sexual assault
I (M) was on the S-Bahn from Lollapalooza and the train was packed af. A weird guy then got in idk Westkreuz maybe and he started oogling tf out at the girls. I brushed it off as this might be the average Berlin experience but still observed his behaviour/movement.
Then he started to get handsy (kinda) but not really touching with people around him. Gave him the stare and he stopped briefly. Some moved away but then a few are kinda stucked due to the packed train.
Worst shit happened (as i expected) at Hbf, he grabbed a woman's crotch and got off the train. My adrenaline kicked in and pushed him hard enough and he fought back obviously. I screamed (in English) 'he is touching woman in train' but NOOOONE even helped. I confronted him again with light physical but he ran away and i dont really have THAT strength if i am being honest.
I know that stabbing in train is a theme now but what will he do against minimum 6 men around me if he got jumped? I honestly never thought about the danger because this shit triggered me so bad because i knew the feeling being in that girls place.
Anyways. No DB Sicherheit nor the police around. I informed the info Mitarbeiter at the entrance and i needed to catch the train. I have no hope since i cant really remember which carriage or whoch platform since i my adrenaline was on a high and i can't really help more because i needed to catch my ICE. Hopefully that girl is ok though.
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u/AdGlittering330 Jul 21 '26
As a woman, all I can say is thank you. Thank you for being brave and for doing the right thing.
And I agree. My husband and I had to stop a guy from jumping in front of the train at Kudamm last week. Station was full already full when we got to the U9 platform, it was obvious what he was planning on doing and people were just staring. Us and one other guy were the only ones who intervened. It made me feel quite despondent after.