Stabbing on tram 3 in Antwerp: Sportpaleis premetro station discovered, police looking for perpetrator (Antwerp)
Saturday evening there was a stabbing on tram 3 towards P+R Merksem. A young man was stabbed on the tram after an argument got out of hand. The police are conducting a search for the perpetrator in the Sportpaleis pre-metro station. Tram traffic in Antwerp has been severely disrupted as a result of the incident.
At around 9.20 pm, the police received a report of a stabbing on tram 3 towards P+R Merksem. Witnesses say it was an out-of-control fight between two young men. One of them has another wonder. The victim pulled the emergency lever at the Handel pre-metro station and ended up independently in Stuivenberg hospital.
According to the first evidence, the perpetrator remained seated on the tram. The police had the tram stop just in front of the platform at the Sportpaleis pre-metro station. Investigators have requested the identity cards of all tram passengers in search of the perpetrators. The stop was also evacuated.
“Police and public prosecutor are on site and are doing everything they can to find the perpetrators,” says van De Lijn. The incident also severely disrupted tram traffic in Antwerp. “Lines 2 and 3 do not run between P+R Merksem and Schijnpoort. Also line 6 no longer runs from stop Harmonie.”
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