Sweden: Bus driver beats up Syrian asylum seaker

[Ulmita]

Human garbage at its finest moment: (source)

The shocking moment a bus driver beats up asylum seeker

The Local (news@thelocal.se)
File photo of a bus driver not related to the article. Photo: Emil Langvad/TT
UPDATED: A Syrian asylum seeker who was verbally and physically abused by a bus driver in Sweden has told The Local the incident has left him shocked and humiliated.



The man, an asylum seeker from Syria staying on Öland, an island off the east coast of Sweden, told regional newspaper Barometern, which broke the story, that the incident took place on Tuesday morning on the 6.15am bus to Borgholm.
Speaking to The Local on Wednesday, he described how a fellow asylum seeker from Afghanistan got on the bus before him, but when he next tried to board, the driver closed the door in his face.


"I saw one of our neighbours who had a car and told him what happened. He then drove me quickly to the next stop ahead, where I could again get the same bus and continue to the centre," said the man, who wishes to be known only by his first name Muhammed.

He said it was not the first time the bus driver had refused to allow residents at the asylum centre to travel and decided to snap a picture of the man to report him. When the bus reached its next stop, the driver got up and attemped to take his own picture of Muhammed, who responded by covering his face.


Another passenger filmed the incident. The video shows the furious bus driver pulling on the man's clothes, kicking him and repeatedly hitting him on the back of his head, saying: "I hate you damn swines."
He only stops after other passengers react.
INTERVIEW: Read Muhammed's full story on The Local Voices

A video of the incident, published by Barometern.
Muhammed, who fled war-torn Syria after his brothers were killed and arrived in Sweden in October, said he was left stunned by what he described as an unprovoked assault, forcing him to seek hospital care on Tuesday evening.


"I don't know why or how even that happened, I never expected this could happen to me in Sweden. This incident felt really humiliating to me, I still can't understand it. I've left Syria to avoid being beaten or killed, and I found myself being beaten in Sweden – that's shocking."
However, he said he refused to let the experience change his overall impression of his new home.


"I don't want this case to be used for accusing the Swedes: xenophobes, racists or whatever. I don't want it to be used for generalization, the Swedes are not bad people and they have already helped many refugees," he told The Local.


A spokesperson from the bus company, Nobina, said that the driver has been removed from service and that an internal investigation has been launched.
"I've only seen the video, but it's incredibly tragic and unpleasant to watch, and of course it's unacceptable and nothing we support," press officer Eric Steijer told The Local.
"[The driver's] line manager has been in contact with him, but I don't know the details of that conversation. It's important to us that this is properly investigated and acted on correctly from the start," he said, adding that the bus firm would attempt to contact the Syrian passenger to offer an apology.
The incident was reported to the police on Tuesday. The bus driver is also understood to have filed a similar report for violence against an official, telling officers he received a slap on the arm during the altercation.
Article by Emma Löfgren, editor of The Local Sweden, and Jamil Walli, project manager of The Local Voices.

Here is the youtube version:

[Deleted]

Sweden no ?

:d

[Ulmita]

I hope the dude looses his job (at the very minimum) and give it to that Syrian. Just for shit and giggles.

[Puupi]

I want to hear the other side of this story.

I don't mean what the bus driver did wasn't wrong, but the story provided by Muhammed sounds buuuuuuuuulllllshit.

[Super Friendly Kitty Cat]

I want to hear the other side of this story.

I don't mean what the bus driver did wasn't wrong, but the story provided by Muhammed sounds buuuuuuuuulllllshit.

Yeah, ya think?

[Ulmita]

I want to hear the other side of this story.

I don't mean what the bus driver did wasn't wrong, but the story provided by Muhammed sounds buuuuuuuuulllllshit.

Dude for whatever reason he was pissed, you don't fucking treat people like that. C'mon...

[Leyre]

How do we know if that syrian didnt yell "allahu akhbar" just for shit and giggles?

[Darkeon]

The article story is way too one sided. Got a feeling that the bus driver didn't just suddenly got a thirst for Syrian Blood though.

[Kraenen]

I wonder what kind of conclusions people will make - will this reinforce their zealous push for immigrants?

[lonely zergling]

What if he did?

Then he deserved to get trouble with the bus driver (beating is too much though). One does not use terrorist language in a public transportation scenario just a few days after a terrorattack in a train.

But since we dont now what really happend here (story in op is very onesided) I see no reason to discuss anything at all.

[Deleted]

This grandpa must have a really good reason for beating the shit out of this guy, especially when you think Swedes are like...beta cucked no? XD

[Ulmita]

This grandpa must have a really good reason for beating the shit out of this guy, especially when you think Swedes are like...beta cucked no? XD

Isn't he saying at around 0:20 that he wants the food out of his face as he takes the food out of his or something like that?
I think he is just a plain racist retard tbh.

[lonely zergling]

Eh, that's not "terrorist language" it's similar to saying "Praise the lord" for a muslim, they say it all the time.

Yeah but one does not YELL it randomly in public like the terrorists do before attacking. Thats just asking for getting bitchslapped.

[Super Friendly Kitty Cat]

Well thankfully Sweden is cracking down on "refugees" and immigration so the positive is that syrians hoping to immigrate to Sweden won't be allowed to and then won't be hit by Swedish bus drivers anymore

[Deleted]

Isn't he saying at around 0:20 that he wants the food out of his face as he takes the food out of his or something like that?
I think he is just a plain racist retard tbh.

Couldn't really hear what he was saying. Well, obviously beating someone for eating is far too much.

[Ulmita]

Couldn't really hear what he was saying. Well, obviously beating someone for eating is far too much.

Or for anything other than trying to exercise violence to you or another person which looked to me that he didn't. he was sitting in his seat and got attacked by the drivers.

Also, the fact that the driver lost his job should be an indication that he was wrong.

[lonely zergling]

Food isnt allowed in buses, neither is taking pictures of people who dont give consent. The driver probably did try to handle it normally but we only get the violent part with the video.

Obviously violence is wrong and he should be punished for it. But I think the blame is not only on him.. transporting such people is hell.

[Xires]

Eh, that's not "terrorist language" it's similar to saying "Praise the lord" for a muslim, they say it all the time.

It means "God is great" and they yell it when they go on a murderous rampage too.

[Deleted]

I expect to see more of this. Not that us Swedes are violent or hatefull, but i an imagine more and more are being pushed to the edge of racism considering how immigration has left a real bad taste in a lot of peoples mouths.

[Xires]

Well thankfully Sweden is cracking down on "refugees" and immigration so the positive is that syrians hoping to immigrate to Sweden won't be allowed to and then won't be hit by Swedish bus drivers anymore

Yeah, too bad 90% of asylum seekers aren't even from Syria or any war torn zone. They are simply from the 3rd world looking to take advantage of Europe's open borders and their women as we have seen recently with the mass rapes.