A video circulated online showing a man in Jordan waving a sword and striking a taxi driver with it in Zarqa Governorate.
Police said they are searching for the motorist who was seen clearly exiting his silver Hyundai vehicle, opening its trunk and grabbing a sword shortly after his mirror touched the mirror of a passing taxi.
The man is seen taking a sword out of his trunk and striking the taxi driver’s arm with it before being pushed away by bystanders and a woman who was with him in the vehicle.
Police Spokesperson Lt. Col. Amer Sartawi said that an all-points bulletin was issued on the suspect’s vehicle, adding that the man will be “eventually apprehended because his face, vehicle model and license plate were clear in the video clip.”
The police official said that the woman who appeared in the video attempting to stop him “was his mother” and that “she was arrested by police after claiming that she was attacked by the taxi driver.”
“The woman went to the police station to file a complaint against the taxi driver but instead was transferred to the Zarqa prosecutor on false and malicious charges and was ordered detained for one week pending further investigation,” Sartawi said.
Meanwhile, the taxi driver was treated for a deep cut wound and broken bones to his arm, the police official added.
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This article has been adapted from its original source.
