Denmark bus driver speaks out after assault that went viral

“You mother fucker. You want to call the police?”, the man shouted at Khan before swinging at him with his right fist.

“I was completely out of it for ten seconds, blood was pouring out of my nose. There was blood on my shirt, on the dashboard – everywhere,” the driver told 3F.

Khan, who has driven buses in Denmark for six years and in Bangladesh for 12, was able to bring the bus to a halt in his dazed state.

The attacker then calmed down, possibly due to surprise at the sight of the blood, according to 3F’s interview.

“I didn’t open the bus doors, because then he could just get away. But he began walking up and down the aisle and shouting, ‘You have to drive now’, so I was scared he would hit me again. I prayed the police would come soon,” Khan told the magazine.

Two passengers assisted Khan and called the police, who arrived on the scene a few minutes later, 3F writes.

A taxi driver and a doctor also entered the bus to offer their assistance.

“[The doctor] said I needn’t be afraid, that she could stop the bleeding. I am very, very appreciative and grateful for the help they all gave me,” Khan said.

The 38-year-old assailant allowed himself to be detained by police without further incident.

Khan also told 3F that he had been assaulted while at work once before. On the previous occasion, a group of youths who refused to put out their cigarettes on the bus took him by the collar and hit him in the face.

“It was very unpleasant, but I am not afraid to drive again,” the 54-year-old told 3F.

“I was the chance victim of an idiot who was having a bad day. That only happens rarely. I said that to the passengers [many of whom were travelling to the airport, ed.], who could not understand how this could happen in peaceful Denmark.

“I’m just happy he didn’t have a knife or a pistol and that I was able to stop the bus so that nothing happened to the passengers,” he concluded.