Five teenagers have been arrested after people and staff were intimidated and threatened in and around train stations in Sussex last Tuesday (Nov 2).
That afternoon a group of teenagers surrounded a boy, who was known to them, at Ore station, threatening him with a knife. It happened at around 3pm.
The group then boarded the train and the victim managed to get off at Hastings station without being followed.
A second incident happened on the Brighton to Hastings train at around 7.30pm.
A conductor was surrounded and threatened by a group recording the incident on mobile phones.
The conductor’s ticket and credit card machines were also damaged.
The train stopped at Glynde station where the suspects ran down the train to get off, they were challenged by a passenger who was spat on.
An 18-year-old man, a 16-year-old boy, two 15-year-old boys and a 14-year-old boy from Hastings have all been arrested in connection with these incidents and bailed while enquiries continue.
Sussex Police are working with the British Transport Police to investigate these incidents.
Anyone with information which could help officers with their enquiries is asked to report it online or call 101 quoting reference number 47210190440.
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