Istanbul: A man who was accused of kicking a woman in the face on a bus in Turkey, told police that he would have been less aroused had the woman worn trousers.
The accused was arrested on the charges of kicking and injuring a young woman for wearing shorts on an Istanbul bus. He was arrested in Uskudar, a district on the Asian side of the city.
Shouting "Those wearing shorts must die!", the suspect attacked the woman, who works as a nurse, kicking her in the face, said a report.
He later told police he had been angered by her clothing. "The shorts she was wearing were not appropriate. That's why I was angry and behaved so," he was quoted as saying.
The man, who handles security for a company, had previously been diagnosed as suffering from "manic depression", the agency said.
Many feminists in Turkey have expressed growing concern over the extent of violence against women, with hundreds killed every year, often by their husbands.
