Visually-impaired man assaulted by young boys in Rotterdam tram; Witnesses sought
A group of boys assaulted a visually impaired man on a Rotterdam tram on Thursday, October 17. The police are looking for witnesses who can help them find the perpetrators.
The incident happened between 3:00 and 3:30 p.m. on tram line 25, somewhere between the Wilhelminaplein and Sandelingplein stops. The tram was quite crowded and the victim couldn’t find a seat, so he remained standing.
During the tram ride, he heard a group of boys nearby talking about him and saying hurtful things about his appearance, the police said. When the young perpetrators left the tram, they walked close past the victim and one of them suddenly punched the man in the chest with his fist.
The perpetrators got off the tram, leaving the victim stunned and in shock.
As the victim is visually impaired, he couldn’t tell the police how many boys were in the group and what they looked like. The police are, therefore, looking for other passengers on the tram who witnessed the assault.
