Man arrested for stripping naked and masturbating on a bus in Tenerife

The Local Police have arrested a 42-year-old man after he stripped naked and started masturbating on a bus last night, in front of shocked passengers some of which were children and teenagers.

The disturbing incident took place on a Titsa bus in Santa Cruz, the capital of Tenerife, on route 905 yesterday afternoon (Wednesday). After seeing a disturbance, the driver of the bus called the police who were there in just a few minutes, and arrested the man for indecent exposure after collecting testimonies from the passengers.

Apparently, the man had started to take off his clothes after getting on the bus through the back door, and then began to masturbate, causing disturbance and nervousness to other passengers who began to move away from him and crowd at the front of it.

This is the second incident of this type in Tenerife in just a few weeks after a 60-year-old man was filmed masturbating on a tram in Santa Cruz by two young women who called the police and showed them the video. However, he was only fined and not arrested because there were no minors or people with disabilities in need of special protection in the carriage. His actions did not constitute a crime but rather a violation of the Citizen Security Law.