"Taxi Door Closed Too Hard" - 20s Arrested for Stabbing After Driver's Rebuke

Gyeongbuk Gumi Police Station Arrests 21-Year-Old Passenger on Attempted Murder Charges

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] A man in his 20s was arrested on the spot after stabbing a female taxi driver in her 50s with a weapon during an altercation over the passenger closing the taxi door too forcefully when getting out.

According to the Gumi Police Station in Gyeongbuk on the 3rd, at around 4:44 a.m. that day, taxi passenger A (21) stabbed driver B (57, female) in the abdomen with a weapon on a road in Jinpyeong-dong, Gumi City. B sustained serious injuries and was taken to the hospital for emergency surgery.

The police, who responded to the report, arrested A on the spot and are investigating him on suspicion of attempted murder.

The police believe that A got into a dispute with the driver after forcefully closing the taxi door when getting out, which escalated to the stabbing, and are investigating the detailed circumstances of the incident.

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