In Belgorod, a taxi driver beat a passenger with a bamboo stick, the man was hospitalized with a closed head injury, reported in the district police department.
According to the department, at night, the victim called a taxi with a friend, and a conflict broke out with the driver on the way. When the taxi driver decided to drop the passengers at the bus stop, one of the passengers expressed his dissatisfaction after the driver left.
Thereupon, the taxi driver took bamboo sticks from the car and attacked the 37-year-old man and then fled. According to the conclusion of the doctors, the health of the citizen of Belgorod suffered slightly. The police detained a suspected 54-year-old taxi driver, a criminal case was opened under paragraph “c” of Part 2 of Art. 115 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the sanction provides for a prison sentence of up to two years. The driver was released after giving his statement.
Previously reportedIn Ussuriysk, a taxi passenger smashed the driver’s face because of a word.