Mask refusers thrown from the bus - then he throws a bike at the driver

Created: 12/16/2021, 4:27 PM

A mask refuser was supposed to leave a bus in Euskirchen, but then he attacked the driver.

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A bus ride has escalated in Euskirchen: A mask refuser was asked by the bus driver to get out.

The man freaked out.

Euskirchen - It is mandatory to wear a mask on buses and trains.

In times of Corona this is nothing new, the rule has been around for many months.

But a man in Euskirchen did not seem to want to stick to it.

Euskirchen: Bus driver throws out mask refusers - man freaks out

A 38-year-old got on a public bus on Tuesday evening (December 14) with his bike at the Rheinbach station in Euskirchen.

However, the passenger did not really adhere to the mask requirement on the bus.

Again and again he took off the mask.

The bus driver repeatedly warned him about this.

At the Kuchenheim Markt stop it was over: the bus driver asked the man to get out.

The mask refuser got up - but he pushed the 53-year-old driver aside and insulted him while he was getting off the bus.

Mask refuser throws bicycle at bus driver - two people injured

But that was just the beginning.

Meanwhile, a 22-year-old called the police.

Suddenly, the drunk 38-year-old returned "furiously back on the bus," as the police say.

Then he threw his bike at the witness and the driver.

Both were slightly injured.

The escalation had several consequences.

The 38-year-old is now expecting more than just criminal proceedings for dangerous bodily harm and insult.

Police also checked the frame number of the bike that turned out to be stolen.

They also found drugs on the suspect.

The resident spent the night in police custody.

In addition, further criminal proceedings await him - for theft and violation of the Narcotics Act.