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Footage has emerged of the moment a fight broke out on a Docklands Light Railway train between a passenger and a ticket inspector.

The inspector was met with a torrent of racist abuse after he asked a man to take his feet off the seats and a fight broke out.

Marian Hassan shot the footage on the train between Limehouse and Tower Gateway on Sunday morning.

She said the passenger was initially lying down completely flat on the seats so the inspector told him to move his feet.


He ignored him so the inspector allegedly pushed his feet off the seat, prompting the racist and violent response.

The passenger was lying flat across the seats when the inspector approached him

The footage shows them grabbing one another by the neck, punching and kicking as other passengers intervene.



Police said the fight happened between Poplar and Shadwell where the train stopped and people were asked to leave.

A spokesman said: ‘Officers from British Transport Police are currently investigating an allegation of assault and a racially aggravated public order offence on board a DLR service.

‘The incident happened at approximately 8.45am on 24 November on board a train at Shadwell station. No arrests have been made and enquiries continue.

‘Officers are aware of footage circulating on social media in relation to this incident, this footage is being reviewed as part of the investigation. The victim, a member of rail staff, was not seriously injured.’

They are appealing for witnesses.

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