Slovakia has passed new legislation prohibiting vigilante patrols on trains. Only train operators are responsible for public order and protection of rights, lives, property and health of commuters.

According to a report on Transitions Online (TOL) Magazine, the move aims to put an end to train patrols organised since April by members of the People's Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) between the towns of Zvolen and Levice in central Slovakia. At that time, a “brutal attack” occurred, according to the ...