Police detain 16-year-old after bus driver is injured in Klaipėda

A 16-year-old was detained in Klaipėda after he and another youth injured a bus driver, LRT reported.

The incident happened at about 2:30 p.m. on Monday aboard a passenger bus on Taikos Avenue. Police said the youths behaved provocatively, sprayed fire extinguisher powder and damaged the bus doors. The driver, born in 1964, was injured during a conflict.

The 16-year-old suspect, born in 2010, was placed in a detention facility. Police have opened a pre-trial investigation into a suspected violation of public order.