'''Guido Demoor''' (1952) was a Belgian NMBS/SNCB Thalys train driver and father of two children. He died on 24 June 2006 after an incident of violence in an Antwerp public transport bus.

The exact circumstances under which Demoor died remain disputed in the media.

What is certain, is that an incident took place round 15h on Moroccan descent (five Belgian citizens, one with Spanish passport). During the incident, Demoor received more than one blow to his body. Near the end of the incident, one of the youths rang the alarm bell, and some or all of them left the bus. Demoor died, after or before the boys left the bus, apparently from a subarachnoid hemorrhage.

What follows is less certain.

Initial press reports led to believe that the youths started causing a disturbance on the bus. When Demoor stood up and tried to calm things down, he was beaten to the ground and kicked repeatedly. The youths then pulled the emergency brake and fled the bus, leaving Demoor to die.<ref> [http://www.hln.be/hlns/cache/det/art_225589.html Jongeren slaan buspassagier dood in Antwerpen en vluchten] ("''Youths beat bus passenger to death in Antwerp and flee''"), Het Laatste Nieuws</ref>

Later, newspapers however reported that he asked the youths to calm down, and that, when they wouldn't listen, he grabbed one of them at the throat. Two of them then beat and kicked Demoor, the other four watched. After this, the youngsters fled.<ref> [http://www.gva.be/nieuws/antwerpen/default.asp?art=1580EE07-439A-4041-BA3A-9E04E9C4E04F Mogelijk toch verband tussen busincident en overlijden] ("''Possibly a connection between bus incident and death after all''"), Gazet van Antwerpen, 29 September 2006.<br /> [http://www.standaard.be/Artikel/Detail.aspx?artikelid=DMF29092006_082 Stierf Demoor toch door busgevecht?] ("''Did Demoor die because of bus fight after all?''"), De Standaard, 29 September 2006.</ref>

According to the youth's lawyers, the six youths were just making noise. Demoor repeatedly yelled to lower the volume. One of the youths apologised. After another yell from Demoor, one of the youths started making animal noises, upon which Demoor made physical threats, calling: "It's always the same problem with you, Moroccans".

When the supposedly threatened youth tried to ward off Demoor, the latter is said to have grabbed the boy (1m 60 short) at the throat and pushed his head against the bus window, yelling : "Now you will shut up!" The attacked boy asking for help, his friend beat Demoor twice, upon which Demoor released his victim. A third boy pushed the alarm button, the attacked boy kicked Demoor in the chest, and five of the six boys fled from the bus. The sixth boy remained on the bus, and only got off a few minutes later, at a regular bus stop. At that moment, Demoor was still alive and looking well. Demoor died a few moments later. All youths, three of them minors, were arrested the days after the incident.<ref> [http://www.politics.be/nieuws/4001/ OM akkoord met vrijlating van twee busverdachten] ("''Prosecutor's Office Agrees with release of two bus suspects''"), Politics.be</ref><ref> "''Het lichaam van Guido Demoor vertoonde nauwelijks sporen van geweld : twee blauwe plekken en een gescheurde vingernagel''" ("''Guido Demoor's body hardly showed traces of violence : two bruises and a torn finger nail''"), Humo, 18 July 2006, year 30, no. 3437, p. 8</ref>

== Investigation ==
Initially, witnesses were able to provide a description of only one youngster.<ref> [http://www.hln.be/hlns/cache/det/art_226099.html 17-jarige dader busincident formeel herkend door getuigen] ("''17 years old perpetrator bus incident formally recognised by witnesses''"), Het Laatste Nieuws</ref> However, two days after the incident, when more testimonies came in, the police were able to identify three of them. On June 26 three arrests were made.<ref> [http://www.hln.be/hlns/cache/det/art_226143.html Drie daders dodelijk busincident opgepakt] ("''Three perpetrators deadly bus incident apprehended''"), Het Laatste Nieuws</ref> In the morning of June 27, the three remaining boys were arrested.<ref> [http://www.hln.be/hlns/cache/det/art_226276.html Alle daders van dodelijke vechtpartij op bus opgepakt] ("''All perpetrators of deadly fight in bus apprehended''"), Het Laatste Nieuws</ref> Three of the arrested youths had previously been in contact with the police in connection to minor crimes.<ref>[http://www.vrtnieuws.net/nieuwsnet_master/versie2/english/details/060627_busmurder/index.shtml All fatal beating suspects detained], VRT Nieuws</ref> Public broadcasters claimed that the arrests were thanks to tips received from the ethnic North African community, but the justice department denied this. VTM quoted a friend of one of the youngsters saying that "they didn't intend to kill Demoor and only fled because they panicked."<ref>VTM, ''Het Nieuws'' (13h), June 27</ref>

'''Guido Demoor''' (Antwerpen, Belgische treinbestuurder en slachtoffer van geweld

Demoor, een 54-jarige Marokkaanse origine, op buslijn 23 van De Lijn was geslagen en geschopt. De zes jongeren waren in de bus ruzie aan het maken en waren hier door Demoor onvriendelijk op aangesproken: hij greep naar de keel van één van de jongens. Twee van de zes verdachten begonnen hierop het slachtoffer te slaan en schoppen. 

Hierop trokken de daders aan de noodrem en sloegen op de vlucht. Ze verdwenen over het centraal station van Antwerpen. De buslijn staat bekend als een zogenaamde "risicolijn".

Dit is echter geen zaak van zinloos geweld. Het zou zinloos geweld zijn geweest als de jongeren Guido Demoor zouden hebben aangevallen zonder enige aanwijsbare reden. Er was echter wel sprake van uitlokking, hoewel die zeer minimaal zou lijken voor buitenstaanders was het wel goed genoeg in de ogen van de aanvallers. 

==Verdachten==
Vijf van de zes verdachte jongeren werden op 26 juni opgepakt in huizen en appartementen in de Veldstraat, de Pothoekstraat en de Nikkelstraat. Dit gebeurde door agenten van de Speciale Interventie Eenheid (SIE) van de federale politie. Een dag later werd de zesde jongere opgepakt.
Het gaat om drie minderjarigen van 16 jaar en drie meerderjarigen van 18, 20 en 22 jaar oud. Vijf onder hen hebben de Belgische Spaanse nationaliteit. Drie van hen waren reeds bekend bij het parket. De volledige identiteit van de daders is niet gepubliceerd in de Belgische media. Wel zijn via andere media delen van de identiteiten gepubliceerd.

==Reconstructie==
Op Abdel(malid) Bouazza (thaiboksclub van wereldkampioene Daniella Somers en vocht er als "fighter" in de klasse N.