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Date Published: 20/04/2021
ARCHIVED - 17-year-old vandal detained in Alicante for smashing window of TRAM with a beer bottle
The glass bottle broke the TRAM’s windscreen and the criminal was detained at the scene, close to the Albufereta TRAM stop
Officers from the Policía Local in Alicante have detained a 17-year-old for an act of vandalism after he threw a glass bottle at a TRAM and broke its windscreen on Saturday (April 17) afternoon.
The incident happened at around 7.35 pm near the Albufereta TRAM stop and police arrived at the scene after being alerted that a teenager had thrown a beer bottle at the vehicle, breaking the windscreen and forcing the TRAM to stop.
Witnesses were able to give a description of the culprit to the police, who then searched for and located the teen, who was trying to run away, near the Albufereta TRAM stop.
Security cameras at the TRAM stop managed to capture the incident on camera and the beer bottle caused a significant amount of material damage as the convoy had to be swapped for another in order to replace the broken windscreen.
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