Dec 12, 2007, 18:23 GMT
Havana - A Cuban court sentenced a young man to four years in jail for
breaking a bus window, Cuban media reported Wednesday.
The reports said the court considered the man guilty of 'high social
danger' and of having caused financial damages. Because of the
defendant's actions, the bus missed nine trips and failed to provide its
services to 1,923 people, the Communist Party daily Granma said.
The harshness of the penalty apparently has to do with the growing anger
of Cuban youths over the economic situation on the communist island,
according to observers. Their frustration is directed among other things
to the buses that Cuba recently bought from China.
In recent months, there has been an increase in the number of attacks on
the new buses, and Granma had already reported in the past that Cuban
authorities had taken measures to fight vandalism against the new vehicles.
© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur
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