Man in his 60s bites taxi driver after opening car door at red light, says he heard voices

A man in his 60s was arrested after opening the door of a taxi stopped at a red light and biting the driver.

The Seoul Jungnang Police Station arrested the man, identified only as A, on Monday at around 2:40 p.m. on charges of assaulting a driver under the Act on Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes.

A is accused of opening the front passenger door of a taxi stopped at a traffic signal on a residential street in Mang-u-dong, Jungnang-gu, Seoul, and biting the arm and chest of the driver, a man in his 70s.

A told police at the time of the incident that he had been hearing voices.

Officers who responded to the scene arrested A and had him admitted to a hospital for emergency psychiatric care.