Nigerians attack train conductor (2)

(ANSA) - Salerno, January 11 - Carabinieri police on Monday arrested three Nigerian asylum seekers after they beat up a train conductor on a regional rail line in Salerno province.
    The suspects were named as Richard Osemudiahmen, Mervellous Iboi and Ephraim Akioyamen, all aged around 25. The victim was treated and released with a 10-day prognosis.
    The attack took place on the Mercato San Severino-Buccino line operated by publicly-owned Trenitalia after the conductor asked the suspects, who boarded at Eboli, for their tickets. They responded by pushing, kicking and slapping him, continuing the assault on the station platform while another fellow Nigerian filmed the entire thing on his cell phone.
    The assault caused panic among the passengers who witnessed it, many of whom fled the carriage and had to be calmed down by law enforcement. Four suspects aged 25-30 were initially apprehended and questioned with the help of translators and cultural mediators from the migrant reception center where they live.