UPDATE 5-Soccer-Germany keeper Enke dies in apparent suicide

* First indications point to suicide, say police

* Hanover 96 keeper won eight caps for Germany

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BERLIN, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Germany and Hanover 96 goalkeeper Robert Enke has died after being hit by a train in an apparent suicide, local police said on Tuesday.

"First indications point to suicide," a media officer for the Lower Saxony police told Reuters before adding Enke's body was found at a train crossing in Neustadt am Ruebenberge near Hanover.

"At 1825 (1725GMT) he was run over by a regional express train running between Hamburg and Bremen," said police spokesman Stefan Wittke. "The train was travelling at the speed of 160-kph."

The player's friend and consultant Joerg Neblung told reporters: "I can confirm this is a case of suicide. He took his own life just before six (pm). There will be a press conference tomorrow with more details".

Enke, 32, won eight international caps and was in the running to play at the World Cup in South Africa next year.