YEKATERINBURG, February 22Police officers will conduct an investigation after a man in Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk region, hit a 17-year-old girl on a tram for refusing to yield to him place, reported the press group of the city department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
According to the “Nizhny Tagil Incident” community on the VKontakte social network, the man demanded the girl to give up her seat on tram No. 12, after refusing, he began to swear at her, and then hit her in the ear with a flourish. It is noted that the conductor did not intervene in the conflict; a policeman who was traveling on the same tram stood up for the teenager.
“The father of a 17-year-old girl reported the incident to police department No. 17…. Police officers, having interviewed the victim, found out that the conflict occurred while driving in the area of the railway station,” said the agency’s interlocutor.
She added that all collected materials have been sent to the city police department, where an investigation will take place.