A young woman in Iran, whose name and age were not disclosed, was reportedly killed in May after trying to escape a taxi, Iranian media outlet Tasnim News Agency reported.
The young woman’s death was reported as suspicious by hospital staff and is now being investigated by the fourth branch of the Criminal Affairs Prosecutor’s office under the orders of Judge Vahid Naseri.
The police examined the woman’s body and found numerous injuries. Believing the circumstances to be suspicious, the police reported reviewed CCTV footage of the road that the woman had been recovered from.
A member of the medical team wears a protective face mask, following the coronavirus outbreak, as he sprays disinfectant liquid to sanitise a taxi station in Tehran, Iran March 05, 2020 (credit: WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY)/NAZANIN TABATABAEE VIA REUTERS)The woman's escape from the taxi
In CCTV footage, Iranian police reportedly saw the woman attempting to leave the moving taxi but was trapped inside by the locked doors. After realizing the doors were locked, she allegedly climbed up front next to the driver and threw herself out of the taxi's front passenger window onto the asphalt. According to Tasnim, the taxi driver continued driving.
Why the woman tried to escape the taxi is currently unknown.
Iranian police are still trying to identify the taxi driver and Tasnim reported that Judge Naseri has ordered that he be arrested.
