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The shocking extent of missile attacks on buses, trains and trams
11.02.2022 - 22:55 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Buses are targeted by yobs throwing stones, bricks and other missiles twice a week in Greater Manchester, transport bosses have revealed.
Statistics show there have been 107 reported attacks in the past 12 months, Transport for Greater Manchester has revealed, equivalent to almost nine a month.
The startling data highlights Stockport as a hot-spot area, with 30 attacks on buses reported.
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Windows on three double-deckers were smashed on Thursday night in Salford, Wigan and Manchester, and toilets at Altrincham and Bury interchange were also vandalised, TfGM has revealed.
And last Friday night a brick being was thrown through a train window in Clifton, Salford - an attack which put the driver in hospital.
The data also shows Metrolink trams have also been hit by missiles more than 150 times over the same period.
Now police and transport bosses have issued a half-term warning over the dangers and consequences of throwing objects at buses, trains and trams following what they called a 'spate of incidents'.
The latest incidents are being investigated by the TravelSafe Partnership, made up of Greater Manchester Police, British Transport Police, TfGM and operators.
CCTV images are being examined.
Superintendent Julie Ellison, from GMP's Specialist Operations Team, said: "Objects being thrown at a moving vehicle can cause significant damage, as well as cause the driver to lose control and possibly cause a collision.
"There is no excuse for this behaviour, which is putting the lives of others at risk.
"I would ask those who are thinking about doing such a thing, to contemplate the potentially devastating
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