A 21-year-old woman

with a police record

has been arrested in Gran Canaria accused of

throwing acetic acid in the face of the driver of a

public transport bus for not letting her get on the bus, as reported by the Police and the Civil Guard on Tuesday. .

The events occurred last day 4 when the woman would have tried to

take the bus in the center of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

, next to the San Telmo station, standing

in the middle of the road

to force it to stop in order to

get on the bus.

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, to which the driver refused.

Already in Telde, when the

bus was stopped in the Arnao park,

the woman entered the vehicle and threw acetic acid (a colorless liquid with a strong smell similar to vinegar) at the driver's face, while

shouting "There you are, son of a bitch! !"

, according to the story released by the security forces.

A National Police patrol provided first assistance to the driver, who was transferred to the Telde health center, from where he was referred to the

Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria.

In his statement to officers, the man identified the alleged assailant as the woman who

had stopped his bus by stepping in front of it.

Thanks to the physical characteristics provided by both the victim and several travelers,

the woman was located and detained

by Civil Guard agents from the San Mateo post.

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