Two boys arrested for assaulting an NS conductor at Purmerend station

The police arrested two boys in Purmerend on Tuesday evening for assaulting an NS conductor at Purmerend station. According to the police, the boys spat on, kicked, and punched the conductor at the train station.

The assault happened at around 9:00 p.m. The boys fled with a group waiting for them nearby. Enforcement officers quickly tracked down the two young perpetrators and handed them over to the police.

The suspects are 13 and 14 years old. They are in custody. The NS conductor, who needed treatment from paramedics after the attack, pressed charges against them.

The assault happened just over a week after NS and several other public transport companies halted all their vehicles for three minutes in protest against the violence their employees regularly face. That protest on April 20 followed a group of young people assaulting a chief conductor and a train driver on a train between Delft and The Hague a week earlier.

The police called violence against employees with a public task unacceptable. “Aggression or violence in any form will not be tolerated,” the police said.