'Fecal Phantom' caught by police

Bratislava is now free of an attacker nicknamed 'the Fecal Phantom'. He would choose female victims at public transport stops in late hours and either smear excrement on their faces and clothes or urinate on their hair. The first such incident was reported in April on a public tram and in mid November the fecal phantom was caught. A Bratislava prosecutor has pressed charges of vandalism against a young man identified only as Martin M., 24, of Bratislava, who is suspected of being 'the Fecal Phantom' informed Bratislava Police spokesperson Tatiana Kurucová. The police caught him in the wake of verifying information from a caller who reported the presence of a suspicious man covered in feces at a tram stop in the borough of Karlova Ves. Subsequently, police patrols detained the suspect, who was still soiled with excrement. During a police lineup, three former victims unequivocally recognised the man as the one who smeared excrement on their faces. In the end the man confessed to all the incidents recently occurring in Bratislava. The case is still currently the subject of an ongoing investigation, according to Kurucová.