Taxi driver Gazelle with a head injury following an alleged assault

The driver of a Gazelle taxi in Havana sustained a four-stitch wound on his head on Saturday following an alleged assault.

“Yesterday there was a vandalistic incident involving the Gazella H12-232 of Route 20, belonging to Agency No. 12 of the Metrotaxi subsidiary,” reported on social media a profile close to the Cuban regime. After leaving the taxi stand in the Playa municipality, “a group of delinquents” threw stones at the vehicle, which resulted in injuries to the driver, Luis Augusto Rodríguez stated in a post from the Facebook group Ministry of Transport.

The driver would have been treated at Finlay Hospital, "the passengers experienced that unfortunate moment, and a window of the Gazella was broken," he added.

According to the author of the post, two of the assailants were apprehended.

In recent months, Havana has been the scene of multiple incidents of this kind.

One of the most recent incidents took place on April 22, when a bus on route 37 was attacked with stones during an early morning trip in the Santos Suárez neighborhood, in the 10 de Octubre municipality.

This Sunday, a statement from the Attorney General's Office of the Republic of Cuba informed that several criminal proceedings are underway for acts of vandalism committed against public transport buses in the capital of the country.

Through a statement released on its website, the agency confirmed that those responsible for these attacks have been identified, arrested, and are currently in provisional detention while investigations continue.

The recent wave of attacks, which has included throwing stones and other blunt objects at active vehicles, has caused not only considerable material damage such as broken windows, windshields, and doors, but also injuries to passengers and drivers.

These events, classified as "highly damaging" by the Prosecutor's Office, have generated significant concern among the population, which relies on a transportation system already severely affected by resource shortages and the constraints imposed by the country's economic crisis.

The Prosecutor's Office assures that it will act in accordance with its constitutional mandate and respecting the procedural guarantees of those involved, "it will pursue public criminal action before the Courts for the trial of those responsible, requesting penalties commensurate with the severity of the committed acts."

Last week, the Minister of Transportation, Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila, acknowledged that these attacks “are not a new phenomenon” but noted that they “are usually addressed with rigor.”

Frequently Asked Questions about Attacks on Public Transport in Havana