A man was arrested on Tuesday afternoon after throwing a stone at a state bus in Havana, breaking the side window of the bus, as reported by the Provincial Transportation Company of the capital.
The affected bus was number 613 from El Calvario Terminal, which was hit by a stone while finishing its route back to the base, according to the source mentioned on social media.
Although the state company did not specify it, apparently only the driver was traveling in the vehicle at the time of the incident.
The Provincial Transportation Company did not identify by name the individual who was arrested for the incident, nor did it detail the circumstances of the individual's detention.
However, he shared a photo of the alleged wrongdoer, specifying that "he was carrying a bladed weapon" at the time of the arrest.
"We acknowledge the promptness in the actions of the PNR of the Capri, who arrived at the scene to detain the individual," added the official source, who lamented that the number of buses affected by "social indiscipline" continues to increase."
"We continue to reject this type of inappropriate behavior by unscrupulous individuals, which severely affects public transportation," they concluded.
In the comments section of the post, several internet users criticized this and other similar vandalistic acts that have occurred in recent months, which not only endanger people's lives but also undermine the already scarce public transportation in the capital.
More and more similar complaints are becoming increasingly common, both from public transport drivers and private vehicle drivers. In the case of the latter, these incidents reveal the attackers' desire to steal.
They are common not only in different places in Havana, but also on stretches of highways, as well as in other provinces.
In this case, several commentators indicated that rather than "social indiscipline," similar acts should be heavily penalized and classified as "crimes against the assets of the State."
"Make him walk the bus route back and forth every day for a very long time so that he never forgets how difficult it is to not have transportation"; "He should pay for the window out of his own pocket"; "Let the full weight of the law fall on that individual," were some of the comments.
There were those who described the incident as "nonsense" and recommended that they replace the glass with one from the many buses parked for other reasons, a comment that was criticized by several internet users, who urge not to justify the unjustifiable or downplay a vandalistic act.
In April, several public transportation buses in Havana were vandalized after being stoned while carrying out their regular routes.
On April 7, a statement released by the Provincial Transportation Company of Havana reported three incidents of stone-throwing on different routes.
One on route A27 from Palatino Terminal, another on A62 from Guanabo Terminal, and another on route 55 from La Lisa Terminal.
Previously, on April 2nd, another bus covering route A58 was also stoned on Prado Street between Genios and Cárcel.
It must be taken into account that at the beginning of March, Yunier de la Rosa Hernández, General Director of Transportation in Havana, described the transportation scenario in Havana as "complex" during a review by the Ministry of Transportation (MITRANS). He detailed that more than half of the total number of vehicles were parked for various reasons.
At that time, 252 units were in operation and 309 were out of service.
Faced with such figures, the news of a bus being stoned in Havana is cause for outrage, as it fits into an already critical public transportation scene in the capital.
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