A passenger was arrested for shouting "step on" and assaulting the taxi driver.

The Seongdong Police Station in Seoul arrested a male passenger in his 50s for assaulting a female taxi driver.

A is accused of assaulting a female taxi driver in his 60s driving on the road in Seongdong-gu, Seoul at around 10 p.m. on the 4th and damaging the vehicle.

Mr. A was found to have hit the taxi driver on the head several times with his mobile phone, shouting "step on" while riding a taxi home drunk.

In addition, when the victim got out of the car and tried to report it, he kicked the driver's door and the side mirror and broke it down.

Mr. A is said to have stated in a police investigation that he was drunk and couldn't remember well.