Halloween zombie mistaken for murder victim

BERLIN, Oct 29 (Reuters) Passengers on a German train mistook a Halloween reveller dressed up as a gore-covered zombie for a murder victim and called the police.

The 24-year-old man fell into a drunken slumber on his way home from a Halloween party in Hamburg, police in the northern town of Bad Segeberg said today.

Believing his hands and face were smeared with blood, passengers alerted police after getting no response from him.

A first aid team called to the scene soon cleared up the confusion. Police told the man to remove his make-up after which he was allowed to continue his journey.

''Bad Segeberg is in a rural area and Halloween isn't very well known there,'' police spokeswoman Silke Tobies said. ''So people weren't expecting anyone to be dressed up in the train.'' Reuters SKB GC1855