A 51-year-old man from Puurs-Sint-Amands (Antwerp Province) has sustained life-threatening injuries in an attack by 4 youths on the bus platforms outside Mechelen Railway Station. All 4 of the youths have since been apprehended. The youngest of them is just 14 years old. The attack took place on Sunday evening.
51-year-old man in a critical condition after he was attacked by four youths outside Mechelen Station .
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A group of teenage boys has attacked a 51-year-old from Puurs-Sint-Amands (Antwerp Province) while he was waiting for a bus outside Mechelen Railway Station. The man was taken to hospital in a critical condition after the attack that took place on Sunday evening. News of the incident first appeared in the daily ‘Het Laatste Nieuws’ and has since been confirmed by the police.
Dirk Van de Sande of the Rivierenland Local Police Service told VRT News that “The incident occurred on Sunday evening outside Mechelen Station. A group of youths turned on a 51-year-old man. He was struck hard on the head”.
VRT News sources say that the man was pushed and fell onto the ground, after which he was punched and kicked. The man is still in a life-threatening condition.
14-year-old boy among those apprehended
The police were soon able to apprehend four suspects. “They are youths from Mechelen aged between 14 and 16. They are being questioned by a juvenile magistrate. The police and the prosecutor’s office are investigating the circumstance surrounding the incident”, Mr Van de Sande said.