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29/05/2003
Bus driver injured in knife attack
A bus driver has suffered knife wounds to his arm after being attacked in a north Belfast bus terminal last night.
At around 7pm three masked men dragged the driver from his bus at the Westland Road terminus on the Oldpark Road. A struggle unfolded between the man and his attackers who were armed with knives and hammers.
He was subsequently injured during the struggle before the gang escaped with a box of coins from the bus.
The attackers are thought to have approached the vehicle from the Westland Estate area before making off towards that area immediately afterwards.
The victim was unable to give police any descriptions of his attackers.
(MB)
At around 7pm three masked men dragged the driver from his bus at the Westland Road terminus on the Oldpark Road. A struggle unfolded between the man and his attackers who were armed with knives and hammers.
He was subsequently injured during the struggle before the gang escaped with a box of coins from the bus.
The attackers are thought to have approached the vehicle from the Westland Estate area before making off towards that area immediately afterwards.
The victim was unable to give police any descriptions of his attackers.
(MB)
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