Taxi driver beaten over 'high fare'
PR dla Zagranicy
Nick Hodge
05.01.2015 16:43
A taxi driver in Gdansk was hospitalised after being beaten by a customer who apparently complained of too high a fare, following on from a similar incident in the city on New Year's Eve.
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According to police spokesperson Aleksandra Siewert, the incident occurred late on Saturday night, but the taxi driver did not report the matter immediately.
However, when the driver stopped at a petrol station, employees notified police on his behalf, after expressing concern about the man's head injury. He was duly admitted to hospital.
A comparable incident occurred in Gdansk on New Year's Eve.
''On that occasion, the passenger reacted aggressively on seeing the bill,'' Siewert said.
''He pulled out a gun and started threatening [the driver], then he got out of the car and shot the windscreen.
''He then broke the rear window with the butt of the gun.''
A man was arrested for the New Year's Eve attack two hours after the incident. (nh)
Source: Wprost, TVN