NSW: 12-year-old boy wanted by police over brick thrown at bus

AAP General News (Australia)
08-05-2006
NSW: 12-year-old boy wanted by police over brick thrown at bus

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SYDNEY, Aug 5 AAP - Police want to talk with a 12-year-old boy after a brick was thrown
at a bus in Sydney's western suburbs.

It is the latest in a string of attacks on buses in some western suburbs, which resulted
yesterday in drivers declaring some streets no-go zones.

The bus was travelling along Sedgman Crescent, near Luxford Road, at Shalvey near Mt
Druitt when a brick was thrown at a window about 1.25pm (AEST) today, police said.

It damaged the bus but did not break the glass.

Police have spoken to a number of witnesses about the attack and now want to interview
a 12-year-old boy.

The incident comes a day after bus drivers said they would refuse to drive down certain
streets in Penrith and Blacktown if rock-throwing incidents continued.

Last week, two attacks occurred on Luxford Road, with a driver hospitalised after he
was hit by a rock in one of the incidents.

Transport Workers Union spokesman Wayne Forno said earlier that the spate of assaults
on buses had traumatised many bus drivers.

The TWU will next week meet with the NSW government to request route changes to avoid
the danger areas as well as increased police patrols and back-to-base alarms on all buses.

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