Prague railway employee says he'll 'cut off head' of Jewish man

Arutz Sheva ^ | 20/12/16

[Eleutheria5]

The company operating Prague’s subway is investigating a complaint alleging one of its employees threatened to “cut off the head” of a Jewish passenger wearing a kippah.

The incident was reported last week by a member of Prague’s Beit Simcha Reform Community, Petr Papousek, president of the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic, told JTA Tuesday.

The Prague Public Transit Company, he said, “is taking the complaint very seriously, and is investigating the details of the incident in order to draw conclusions on the behavior of the employee in question,” Papousek said. He did not identify the complainant, who requested anonymity.

A man wearing the transit company’s uniform earlier this month harassed the alleged victim in the presence of witnesses aboard the B line, which runs through the Czech capital and its Old Town, the Jewish news website ZTIS reported. According to the account, the uniformed man told the Jewish passenger: “When we meet next time, Jews, it’ll be to cut off your head.”

None of the other passengers intervened, according to the report. The alleged victim took a picture of the man who he said threatened him. It shows a man with a shaved head facing away from the camera while putting on a black coat over the company’s blue uniform. He is wearing black boots.

Papousek said he had no reason to doubt the veracity of the report, but added that “it is a rare and unusual incident in Prague, which is safer for Jews than many other European cities, including Budapest.”

The complainant further said that another employee of the same company advised him not to wear a kippah while taking the subway because it invites attack. But the firm denies this.

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[Eleutheria5]

"Watch your step while boarding or exiting the train. Make sure you have all your belongings with you, and that all your body parts are still attached."

[Organic Panic]

Very unusual. I go to Prague frequently and love it there. Czechs aren’t the most ebullient people but I always have a good time. The only people I think would be threatened there are the rowdy drunk Norwegians and Brits.

[BipolarBob]

Perhaps he had been sampling the Becherovka a little too much.

[Organic Panic]

Oy Vey!

Hody Hody Dopravody!!!

Some of my best hangovers were thanks to slivovice on velikonoce afternoon!