A 24-year-old man was sentenced to four years in prison after stabbing a 28-year-old man with a piece of glass at Dendermonde train station in February. The attack occurred during a verbal altercation when the defendant asked a group of friends for a cigarette. The victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition. The defendant claimed he felt discriminated against and racially insulted because the group asked him to speak Dutch instead of French. He had previously been involved in other incidents, including damaging a fence. The court imposed the exact sentence requested by the public
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- government Rechtbank
