German Police Arrest Suspect After Highway Bus Incident

German Police Arrest Suspect After Highway Bus Incident
A German police officer in a file photo. Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images
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BERLIN—A Serbian man was arrested in southern Germany on Tuesday after an altercation on board a Serbia-bound bus and an ensuing standoff led to the closure of a section of highway in Bavaria, police said.

The incident started with a fight involving several passengers that left two people slightly injured, police said. They added in a statement that the fight escalated into a “threat situation,” and the bus stopped on the A9 highway between Hilpoltstein and Greding, south of Nuremberg. The highway section was closed in both directions.