Manama residents wake up to find cars vandalised
At least 50 cars parked near Manama Gate were reportedly found with their windshields shattered yesterday.
Residents here, were shocked to find their cars damaged by a miscreant in the morning.
The incident occurred with cars in the area close to Manama Gate. Most of the cars belonged to expatriates living and working in the area. The victims confirmed that they had filed a case at the police station.
A source told DT News that close to 20 cars were damaged in the incident. However, other reports stated that the number was more than 50.
Speaking to DT News, Ranijith Podi said that the incident took place at 3am. “Today morning, I woke up to find dozens of cars in my area damaged. A line of cars starting from the Manama Gate building all the way till a building at a corner were smashed. From what I have heard, it was done by a single fellow,” he said. “The man responsible is believed to be a youngster, but we do not know where he is from or who he is.”
An eyewitness has described him a youngster but could not tell of his nationality.
According to an eyewitness, the vandal started smashing the side mirrors of the cars first. After a while, he started smashing the windshields. When he realised he was being watched, he ran away, the witness recounted, adding, “We hope we will get insurance for the damages, because the repairs will be quite expensive. Repairs for my car will cost over
BD300.”
Another victim, Sunil, said that the vandal also removed the vipers from cars to use as a tool to inflict damage on the cars.
“He had tools with him to smash the windshields. He also used the wipers to try and inflict some damage on the cars,” added Sunil.
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