The key facts

  • The incident occurred in the evening of November 6 at the Gorky stop after the woman got off trolleybus No. 26
  • The victim filed a report, received a tetanus shot and was referred to the AIDS center
  • The Yekaterinburg police department confirmed the check; the person involved has not yet been identified

What happened

In Yekaterinburg, police are conducting a check following a report from a local resident who believes she was pricked with a sharp object after getting off a trolleybus. This was reported by the Telegram channel RIA Novosti, citing the city police department.

The victim's account

According to the woman's daughter, the incident occurred in the evening of November 6. The woman was on her way to work: she boarded trolleybus No. 26 near the railway station and rode to the Gorky stop. When she got off, another female passenger got off with her, after which the victim felt a strike on her buttock. Turning around, she saw that the woman quickened her pace and crossed the road in the wrong place between cars; the victim managed to film her from behind on her phone. Later she noticed a mark resembling a puncture on her skin and trousers — police have not yet reported what exactly caused it.

Actions of police and medics

The victim immediately filed a police report and went to a hospital: she was given a tetanus shot and referred to the AIDS center. The confirmedthat the report has been registered and a check is underway to identify the person involved.

Context of other incidents on public transport

Life.ru also recalls other recent conflicts: in late October, a pensioner bit a passenger's hand over a seat on a bus — according to a witness, the elderly woman pushed those around her and sank her teeth into the hand of a girl who had taken the vacated seat. In addition, in early November in Sverdlovsk Region, according to the regional branch of the Popular Front, unknown assailants beat branch head Vadim Savin and took his mobile phone. These cases are not connected to each other, apart from the general context of reports about incidents in the region.