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| Sydney bus driver repeatedly attacked with chemical believed to be capsicum spray | Sydney bus driver repeatedly attacked with chemical believed to be capsicum spray |
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| A Sydney bus driver has been sprayed in the face at least six times with what is believed to have been capsicum spray in an attack police described as “despicable”. | A Sydney bus driver has been sprayed in the face at least six times with what is believed to have been capsicum spray in an attack police described as “despicable”. |
| A State Transit Authority bus was being driven along Oxford Street in Sydney’s inner east about 10.30pm on Thursday when the driver stopped and told a man waiting at the bus stop he could not get on because it was full. | A State Transit Authority bus was being driven along Oxford Street in Sydney’s inner east about 10.30pm on Thursday when the driver stopped and told a man waiting at the bus stop he could not get on because it was full. |
| The man, who sat on the dash of the bus, allegedly began to abuse the 38-year-old driver before spraying him in the face with a chemical, suspected to be capsicum spray, and fleeing the scene, police said. | The man, who sat on the dash of the bus, allegedly began to abuse the 38-year-old driver before spraying him in the face with a chemical, suspected to be capsicum spray, and fleeing the scene, police said. |
| Detective superintendent Gavin Wood said the man sprayed the bus driver in the face at least six times, which resulted in the driver becoming incapacitated. The 38-year-old began having trouble breathing and was treated at the scene by paramedics. | Detective superintendent Gavin Wood said the man sprayed the bus driver in the face at least six times, which resulted in the driver becoming incapacitated. The 38-year-old began having trouble breathing and was treated at the scene by paramedics. |
| “It is despicable behaviour, obviously by a coward,” Wood told reporters in Sydney on Friday. “The male bus driver was out working hard, working for the community, driving a bus full of commuters, and for that he’s attacked.” | “It is despicable behaviour, obviously by a coward,” Wood told reporters in Sydney on Friday. “The male bus driver was out working hard, working for the community, driving a bus full of commuters, and for that he’s attacked.” |
| Police are appealing for public information to help identify the attacker. He is described as having short brown hair and at the time was wearing a blue long-sleeved business shirt with white dots, navy trousers and was carrying a satchel-style bag. The man spoke with an English accent. | Police are appealing for public information to help identify the attacker. He is described as having short brown hair and at the time was wearing a blue long-sleeved business shirt with white dots, navy trousers and was carrying a satchel-style bag. The man spoke with an English accent. |
| “You need to come forward, it’s very clear from the footage, members of the community will know who you are,” Wood said. “Let your conscience be clear, don’t wait for a knock on the door from us, come forward.” | “You need to come forward, it’s very clear from the footage, members of the community will know who you are,” Wood said. “Let your conscience be clear, don’t wait for a knock on the door from us, come forward.” |
| State Transit’s head of safety, Wayne Potter, said the 38-year-old man had been in shock after the incident but was back at work. He said there had been an escalation in anti-social behaviour on buses that “needs to stop”. | State Transit’s head of safety, Wayne Potter, said the 38-year-old man had been in shock after the incident but was back at work. He said there had been an escalation in anti-social behaviour on buses that “needs to stop”. |
| “This sort of behaviour is just outrageous,” he told reporters on Friday. | “This sort of behaviour is just outrageous,” he told reporters on Friday. |
| The New South Wales police minister, Troy Grant, said it was “unacceptable behaviour” and urged the man to hand himself in to police. | The New South Wales police minister, Troy Grant, said it was “unacceptable behaviour” and urged the man to hand himself in to police. |
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