‘Sectarian hate crime’ sees trio of schoolgirls hurt as bus window smashed

Police in north Belfast today said that at around 2.30pm a bus carrying school pupils in the direction of Ligoneil had a window smashed.
By Adam Kula
Published 6th Oct 2020, 19:39 BST
Updated 6th Oct 2020, 19:45 BST
This is the junction where the bus was hitThis is the junction where the bus was hit
This is the junction where the bus was hit

The culprit was described as a “male youth”, who was with two others and was wearing a grey tracksuit with a black hoodie underneath.

It happened as the bus was stopped at lights at the junction of the Crumlin Road and Ligoneil Road.

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Police said three girls on board the bus sustained cuts and that the incident “is being treated as a sectarian-motivated hate crime”.

The PSNI refused to say if the girls were Catholic of Protestant.

Inspector Nick Browne said: “We are currently progressing a number of enquiries to identify the youths and would ask anyone who witnessed the incident to contact officers at Tennent Street on 101 quoting reference number 993 06/10/20, or submit a report online using our non-emergency reporting form via www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/.

“You can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers-uk.org/.”

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