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Disgusting moment: Gang of thugs kick and punch defenseless man on busy train in front of terrified passengers
- Five thugs attacked a man sitting in the back of a suburban toilet
- The man was on the Gawler railway line in north-east Adelaide when he was attacked.
- The four men and one woman repeatedly kicked and punched him in his seat.
- Authorities said passengers should not intervene in conflicts, but report.
A man sitting in the back of a suburban train was brutally attacked by a group of five thugs as police urged passengers to report the assaults, not intervene.
The man was traveling along the Gawler railway line in north-east Adelaide when four young men and a woman approached and began punching and kicking him.
Terrifying footage shows the men towering over the man as he tried to hide in his seat.
The woman is then heard yelling ‘he hit me’, further enraging the group.
A group of four men and one woman attacked a man who was traveling by train to Gawler (in the photo, the group beats the man)
“Damn my lady, fuck,” a man in a white T-shirt yelled.
The men continued to beat the passenger while the woman kicked him until another brave passenger intervened.
Another woman from the front of the train ran over to where the man was trying to protect himself from the onslaught of blows and separated him from the unsavory group.
‘Let him go, let him go,’ he yelled as he pushed himself between the man and the group.
‘Leave him alone. Please leave him alone.
The group then yelled ‘let’s go’ to each other and disembarked from the stopped train.
The young woman continued to yell at the man until a member of her group dragged her away.
A female passenger finally intervened, yelling at the attacking group to leave the man alone (above)
Frightened passengers, including the elderly, said they are now afraid to make their regular journey and have called for a greater police presence on public transport.
“I am 77 years old,” said a resident nine news. ‘If that was done on the train next to me, what can I do? Any.’
However, South Australian Transport Minister Tom Koutsantonis said authorities have already taken the first step against public violence by installing a new reporting system.
Passengers on board public transport will be surrounded by discreet QR codes that can be scanned in an emergency to report crimes on board a service.
“We don’t want passengers to intervene, we want passengers to quietly and calmly search for the QR code, scan it and report what they see,” he said..
He said the data collected from the reporting system will determine future security plans.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted South Australia Police for comment.