Police confirm 32-year-old left a suicide note at the scene

Robert Enke, goalkeeper for the German national team and Bundesliga club Hannover 96, was found dead last night after an apparent suicide attempt.

Enke’s body was found at a level crossing in Neustadt am Rübenberge, on the outskirts of Hannover, after he had been hit by a high-speed train. Police have confirmed there was a farewell note left at the scene. The Guardian reports:

The 32-year-old was hit by the train as it passed through a crossing at Neustadt-Eilvese on its route between Hamburg and Bremen. Police said the Hannover 96 captain’s car, parked metres away from the tracks, was unlocked and his wallet still inside.

The two train drivers reported seeing a man on the tracks and applied the brakes while travelling at about 100mph but could not stop in time, police reported. Enke was pronounced dead at the scene.

Enke had been expected to secure a starting place in Germany’s World Cup 2010 squad. Last night fans were leaving tributes to the Hannover 96 captain at the team’s stadium.

…not the kind of poledance one would pay for, though

This weekend, Hannover 96 played a friendly with Bundesliga second division side VfL Osnabrück. The temperature was a cool minus four degrees, but this didn’t stop one fan stripping down and “shaking his jelly” in front of 300 fellow travelling 96 supporters.

The fans appeared to love the gratuitous nudity, and even went one step further by chanting, “Onanieren, onanieren!” which means “Masturbate, masturbate!”

How lovely.

Some people, however, didn’t find the stripping stunt quite so amusing: the shameless supporter has now been identified by the police (hopefully by his face), and can now look forward to a stadium ban and fine.

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