It is the second time in a week that a bus has been hijacked and set on fire in Northern Ireland. The fire brigade could not save the vehicle.
Belfast – A public bus, on the way in the suburb of Newtownabbey in the Northern Irish capital Belfast, was attacked by four men on Sunday evening and then set on fire.
As the broadcaster BBC reports, the hijackers had forced the passengers to disembark. After everyone got out of the occupants, the red double-decker bus was set on fire on the street. The fire brigade could no longer save the vehicle.
This is the second bus in a week that was mugged and burned down in Northern Ireland. Last Monday, two armed and masked men had undergone the same treatment on a bus west of Belfast. The chairman of the ruling DUP party, Jeffrey Donaldson, condemned the act on Twitter. “That is pointless. Change is achieved through politics – not by burning down buses. ”The motives of the arsonists were unclear.
Translink, the operator of the public bus routes, has suspended all bus and metro connections until Monday. The affected driver was badly damaged and would be supported by his colleagues, reports the Belfast Telegraph. dpa
