Uber driver was attacked by women who were required to wear the mask in the US

A woman was arrested after assaulting a driver of Uber in San Francisco, California (U.S), reported the police authorities last Thursday. The verbal and at times violent attack occurred because the driver demanded that one of the passengers use the face mask, considered one of the main measures to stop the contagion of coronavirus.

The Uber driver Subhakar Line, 32, was attacked last Saturday in the area of ​​the Bayview District after he picked up three women. When he noticed that one of them was not wearing a mask, the man stopped the car and told the passengers that he could not continue.

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In the images recorded by the driver, the three women in the back of the car are observed reprimanding and energetically insulting them. The line. At that time, the vehicle was stopped on the side of the avenue. Some time later, the woman without a mask coughs up the driver, tears off his phone and violently removes the mask.

Driver The line He testified Tuesday that after the women got out of the car, one of them sprayed him with pepper spray from the passenger window. In addition, he mentioned that he was afraid for his life during the event and that he was so horrified that he did not want to go back to work.

“I never said anything bad to them (…) they didn’t educate me that way“, he pointed.

As reported “Telemundo”, “Abc7news” Y “KPIX-TV”, The woman identified as Malaysia King, 24, was arrested on suspicion of a corrosive chemical attack, battery and other charges in Las Vegas without the right to bail.

Arna Kimiai, 24, who was also wanted in connection with the attack, indicated through an attorney that she intends to turn herself in soon, according to a statement from the San Francisco Police Department.

“The videotaped behavior of this incident exhibits a cruel disregard for the safety and well-being of an essential service worker amid a deadly pandemic“Lt. Tracy McCray said in a statement.

The line says he believes he was attacked for being an immigrant from South Asia. Came to U.S eight years ago and working to support her family in Nepal.

After the incident, the man approached the company Uber to request help. However, initially the company only offered him $ 20.