“Attention, attention. The cancer Jews need to leave the train now or we’ll blow you all up”, passengers told on Belgian train

Police in Belgium are looking for four men who hijacked a train’s public address system to abuse Jewish passengers and try to force them to leave the train.

The men took control of the announcement system one afternoon last week on a train travelling between Antwerp and Mechelen. They threatened to explode the train unless Jewish passengers left.

According to witnesses the men spoke in Flemish and said: “Attention, attention. The cancer Jews need to leave the train now or we’ll blow you all up.”

Michael Freilich, a member of Belgium’s Chamber of Representatives, has filed Parliamentary questions about the incident. As well as asking why the perpetrators were not caught by train security guards, Mr Freilich asked the Transportation Ministry to explain how the men gained access to the PA system in the first place and what can be done to prevent a recurrence. The ministry has two weeks to respond.

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