A report circulating on Telegram through the Barnaul Incident channel describes a violent incident involving a passenger on a city bus who assaulted the conductor. The message notes that the confrontation occurred on Popov Street, with the assailant also issuing an oath and the conductor signaling a request to stop the vehicle.
According to the report, the conductor sustained injuries, and the interior of the bus showed signs of a struggle, including blood on the cabin floor. The account suggests the altercation occurred amid other tensions on board, raising concerns about passenger safety in public transport in Barnaul.
The timeline indicates that prior to the bus incident, a separate scene occurred involving a taxi passenger who attempted to tie a child and then directed blows toward the taxi driver. The assailant filmed the event with a smartphone while declaring intentions to involve the police. In a voice message, the aggressor accused the driver of indifference and blamed the delay of the child’s breakfast on the driver’s actions.
Additional details mention another incident described as Barnaulka tyranny, during which the taxi driver reportedly faced a gas-like exposure because the seat was dirty. A girl suffered a chemical burn and a bruise on her leg, adding to the sequence of troubling episodes reported in the region.
Earlier reports mentioned a separate incident in the Nizhny Novgorod region where a man stood up for a conductor and was subsequently beaten, indicating a broader pattern of violence affecting transit workers in multiple city areas.