A man was arrested in connection to a YouTube prank where he dumped buckets of feces and other fluids onto train riders
The prankster was charged with assault and battery and property damage, the Brussels prosecutor's office said.
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- A Belgian prankster was arrested earlier this month for a YouTube stunt, prosecutors said.
- He's dumped buckets of various substances — including feces — onto metro riders.
- The person in question, identified by Politico as YaNike, subsequently confessed.
A man in Belgium was arrested earlier this month after filming himself dumping buckets of various substances — including feces — onto unsuspecting metro passengers as part of a multi-series YouTube prank.
In a press release provided to Business Insider by the Brussels prosecutor's office, the man is identified as "Y.D." and is said to have mixed "diverse" substances, including paint, excrement, and food, into buckets and threw them at passengers to get as many "likes" as possible on social media.
Y.D. was intercepted by police on January 2, whereupon he confessed, the release stated. He was arrested the following day, and charged with assault and battery, damage to property using violence, and property damage.
The man has since been identified by Politico and The Brussels Times as YaNike. He has roughly 300 subscribers on YouTube, where several videos of his stunts are still up for view. YaNike did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.
According to an Instagram profile connected to him, YaNike lists that he is 22 years old. He has only posted 16 YouTube videos to date. Several bear the title "surprise du chef," which translates to "chef's surprise."
In his most popular video, "Suprise du chef (6)" — posted on November 28 and has 34,000 views — YaNike appears to fill an empty paint bucket with oil, beer, water, dog feces, and fallen leaves (according to the captions of the video), which he then pours onto a train passenger.
In its statement, the prosecutor's office said the incidents can be traced in roughly seven of the creator's videos.
Politico, citing local outlet Sudinfo, reported that a victim had filed a complaint in November for an incident that took place in the Brussels suburb of Auderghem. A complaint was also filed by the local transportation operator in Brussels, STIB, per Politico.