Women hurt in Carlisle taxi rank rage attacksTwo women have become victims of taxi queue rage as they were dragged from cabs late at night by other people on nights out, say police.
An investigation is underway to catch the culprits after the two disturbing but unrelated incidents happened within a few hours on a single night in Carlisle city centre.
Both attacks happened at on or near to the city centre taxi rank in Portland Place.
In the first incident a 38-year-old woman was pulled from her taxi at around 1.30am by a group of three people – one male and two females.
A police spokeswoman said: “This lady was pushed, kicked and punched and as a result she banged her head.
“She was left with a sore head and a sore leg. She was taken to hospital for a check-up but was discharged without being kept in overnight.”
The second incident happened between 3am and 3.30am on the same night, Sunday, November 27, and in the same area. In this incident, a woman aged 30 was pulled from a taxi, this time by a woman.
She was pushed to the ground and was left very shaken and suffering from a sore shoulder.
The spokeswoman said: “We have to stress that this kind of incident is extremely rare in Cumbria but we are treating them seriously and would like to hear from anybody who can help our inquiries.”
“This kind of behaviour will not be tolerated.”
The woman responsible for the second incident was described as being slim and with dark hair.
She was wearing a blue top and was approximately 5ft 5in. There was no description of the group responsible for the first attack.
It is not known where those responsible had been on the night in question but the rank is near to the Wall nightclub and the Border Rambler.
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