“So incensed was the crowd that members of the crowd pulled him out of the cab and assaulted him....After the attack he jumped out of the taxi and started stabbing people with a pair of scissors.”
So which was it ??? Did the crowd pull him out of the cab and assault him OR did he jump out of the cab and start stabbing people???
This is the weirdest way of writing a story. Do you know what the ellipses omitted?
“So which was it ??? Did the crowd pull him out of the cab and assault him OR did he jump out of the cab and start stabbing people???”
I think the initial report said it was thought he used the scissors in self defense. When he realized a woman was pinned to the wall, he attempted to back up to free her. The crowd thought he was leaving the scene, so they grabbed him and pulled him out of the cab.