Klaus-Peter Sabotta
Klaus-Peter Sabotta was an
employees of the German railway operator Deutsche Bahn who had been made redundant, and demanded a ransom of DM10 million. His motive for the crime was a need to pay off heavy debts he had incurred in his business activities.[1]
The first act of tampering, near
InterCityExpress line at the small town of Uchtspringe, 60 kilometres north of Magdeburg
, failed to derail its intended target.
The third act of sabotage, near
freight train. Had a passenger train due at the time not been half an hour late, it would have smashed into the wreckage of the freight train.[2]
He was arrested as he attempted to collect the ransom at a filling station just off the A8 in Irschenberg, Bavaria.[3] On 4 February 2000 he was convicted of attempted murder and attempted extortion, and sentenced to life imprisonment.[1]