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A bus driver who was forced to abandon the double-decker bus he was driving in west Belfast before it was torched by youths armed with petrol bombs "will need time" before he will be able to return to work, a colleague has said.

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The bus driver and passengers were forced off the double-decker bus before it was torched by youths with petrol bombs.placeholder image
The bus driver and passengers were forced off the double-decker bus before it was torched by youths with petrol bombs.
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