Shafaqna English- A Belgian shopkeeper who intervened to defend a woman from racist and Islamophobic abuse on a Brussels tram has died after being assaulted so severely that he could not recover. The incident, which has caused widespread outrage across Belgium, happened on July 23 around 3:20 p.m. local time (1320 GMT) on Tram 55 in Evere. Driss Atouane, who ran a supermarket in Schaerbeek, stepped in when a man allegedly made racist and anti-Muslim remarks to a woman, according to RTBF. The suspect then reportedly turned his violence on Atouane, beating him repeatedly in what local media described as an extremely brutal attack. Sources: Daily Sabahwww.shafaqna.com