Travelers who today in Noord are waiting for the Molenwijk stop respond to the bus shocked in the mistreatment of a 57-year-old bus driver. Last Saturday evening he was beaten and held in the stranglehold after he had asked three boys to leave the bus several times.
For travelers waiting for the bus today, the news causes shivers. “I am shocked by the helpers,” said a woman. Another: “You have no words for it, it should not exist.” Although a man who is on the bench in the bus shelter is less impressed. “I’m no longer shocked,” he says. “You don’t hear anything else on television and in the newspapers and everything. All misery.”
Multiple warnings
The police are still looking for the suspects who entered the Oostzanerdijk stop in Noord. “They immediately caused nuisance and were really difficult fellow passengers,” said police spokesman Ramona of the morning. “They were also vapping. The bus driver warned them several times and actually when he wanted them to leave the bus at the Molenwijk stop, things went wrong.”
Victim
According to the police, the 57-year-old man is mistreated by one of the boys on Saturday evening. The group of three runs then and leaves the man seriously injured. He is then treated in the hospital. “It has a huge impact on a victim if this happens while performing your work,” says Van den Morning. “Fortunately, I can report medically that he is out of the hospital.”
Travelers can understand that it also has an impact on other drivers: “I don’t think I would be comfortable on the bus.” According to another, it also has consequences for the popularity of the profession. “If things like this happen more often than it is more difficult to get drivers. There is already a shortage that makes many buses fail.”
Transport company GVB says that the suspects ‘clearly recorded’. The police are still looking for witnesses, but have already investigated the images. “We are still looking for people who have images or have seen this incident.”