Traveling around Europe on public transport is no longer what Rick Steves cracks it up to be. Several tram employees and police officers were injured in a brawl that broke out when several young men were found to be without tickets.
The article below from the French-language Belgian site, 7 sur 7 is translated by Fousesquawk. In addition, the Dutch-language De Standaard has a video you can watch here. Translated subtitles of the Dutch captions are pending.
Caption: The coastal tram. *Insert: The attack in De Haan (Le Coq in French)
Brawl breaks out on a De Haan tram: Several employees of De Lijn sent to the emergency room
A brawl on the De Haan (Le Coq in French) tram (Belgian coast) caused several injuries Sunday evening among the employees of De Lijn (transport company) and police after a (ticket) check of young men without tickets degenerated.
-Kevin Dupont
Source: Belga, HLN
25 May 2026, 08:35
Three young men, not having a valid ticket, tried to flee from a coastal tram. The De Lijn (ticket) inspectors tried to stop them. This caused the situation to degenerate. A 4th young man, also without a ticket and originally from Ninove, was arrested by police, but not without a confrontation. Two officers were injured. One of them is now on leave of absence. According to HLN (news), a total of 7 people were sent to the emergency room.
Seven employees of the Flemish public transport company, including the conductor of the tram, were injured in the brawl. The 3 suspects then fled again. They are being sought.
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