A culture-enriching Iraqi “youth” stabbed an elderly woman today on a train in Antwerp. There’s no word yet on whether the victim will be charged with racism and Islamophobia after she gets out of the hospital. Or maybe misgendering her attacker — that’s even worse.
Many thanks to Gary Fouse for translating this article from the Flemish Daily Het Laatste Nieuws:
Iraqi man who stabbed woman in Antwerp Central Station also attacked a police officer earlier this week. The woman (69) was injured but is out of danger.
April 4, 2024
In the Antwerp Central Station a stabbing incident took place today on a train. This is confirmed by the federal police. The victim, a 69-year-old woman, was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Since then she is reportedly no longer in life-threatening danger. The perpetrator, a 20-year-old from Iraq, we learn from political circles and confirmed by the prosecutor’s office, was caught. Earlier this week the man also attacked a police officer.
The incident took place at 11:20 on a train coming from Leuven. The victim was stabbed several times. The perpetrator, a 20-year-old who has reportedly been in our country for ten years, also tried to escape, but was eventually caught in the station by officers of Securail. “The victim was taken to the hospital in life-threatening condition,” according to the federal police. “Two other people who saw the incident are in shock.”
According to the prosecutor’s officer, the man was administratively arrested earlier this week. At a certain moment, he was let out of his cell and kicked an officer. That was subsequently classified by the prosecutor’s office as assault [with injuries] on an officer. On Monday, they brought the man before summary judgment. Now he has stabbed a woman. Tomorrow, he will be brought before the investigating judge for today’s incident.
I don’t know about Belgium, but in Sweden they’d throw the book at the perp — he’d get at least a week in jail, and then have to do twelve hours of community service, just to teach him a lesson. They don’t mess around in Sweden.
Translator’s update: The Belgian article has been updated with some new details. The suspect is identified as Hussein A., 27.