A bus driver was punched in the face during a vicious attack at Greyfriars bus station.
The driver was attacked while he was walking across the concourse of the bus station, close to bay seven, at around 2.40pm last Wednesday afternoon.
Three black men walked up to him and one became “extremely aggressive” towards him and shoulder barged into him, causing him to stumble backwards. He then punched the man to the face, causing the him to fall over.
Police today said the two friends of the man then tried to restrain him while the victim got up, but the attacker then punched him in the face again before running off. The bus driver, who was wearing his bus uniform, sustained a cut to the arm and bruising to his face. The attacker was black, aged in his late teens and of thin build.