Group of youths beats bus driver unconscious

Bus drivers working for the Flemish local transport company De Lijn in the Waasland area of East Flanders have walked out after a colleague was attacked on Monday evening.

Bus drivers working for the Flemish local transport company De Lijn in the Waasland area of East Flanders have walked out after a colleague was attacked on Monday evening.

The driver on a service between Melsele and Antwerp was attacked by a group of about ten youths and beaten unconscious.

Eight of the attackers were detained for a while. Zwijndrecht police are attempting to identify the culprits uusing CCTV footage. They are working together with Antwerp police's youth crime unit. The bus driver who was attacked is also being questioned. (...)