"Did you insult my mom?"... Woman throws phone at child's head causing serious injury

Depressed Skull Fracture in Baby Caused by Cell Phone Thrown by Person in Their 20s

A woman in her 20s who threw a cellphone at a 10-month-old baby she saw for the first time on a city bus was arrested by the police.

According to Yonhap News on the 26th, the Incheon Western Police Station has arrested a woman in her 20s, identified as A, on charges of aggravated assault and is investigating the case. A is accused of throwing a cellphone at a 10-month-old girl, B, inside a city bus traveling through Cheongna-dong, Seo-gu, Incheon, at around 5:10 p.m. on the 20th, causing head injuries. B is hospitalized and receiving treatment for severe head injuries, including a depressed skull fracture and epidural hemorrhage.

During the police investigation, A reportedly stated that she heard B’s mother, who was holding B, insulting her parents and intended to throw the cellphone at B’s mother, but B was accidentally hit instead. However, it was confirmed that A and B’s mother were strangers to each other. A police official said, "We secured the bus’s internal CCTV footage and confirmed the crime scene," adding, "A will be sent to the prosecution soon."

Meanwhile, B’s mother expressed her grievance on social media. She said, "An unfamiliar woman threw a cellphone at my baby’s head, causing serious injury," and "I didn’t even know she was on the same bus, but she claims I insulted her." She went on to express anger, saying, "This is attempted murder."