4 younger teenagers have been arrested after two TTC workers had been assaulted on a Scarborough bus Monday afternoon in an assault described as a “despicable swarming.”
The incident occurred after 3 p.m. on a TTC bus close to Kennedy subway station, close to Kennedy and Merrian roads, when a bunch of 10 to fifteen youths assaulted the 2 uniformed workers.
Toronto police stated the bus operators had been about to make a driver change when the incident occurred.
The group of youths fled the scene earlier than cops arrived. The TTC employees sustained non-life threatening accidents.
Two 13-year-old suspects have every been charged with one rely of assault, whereas the remaining two every face two counts of assault. They’re to seem in courtroom at 1911 Eglinton Avenue East on Tuesday, March 21.
The investigation is ongoing and police, who’re searching for further suspects, encourage anybody with data to return ahead.
Torono Mayor John Tory referred to as for witnesses to the assault, which got here lower than 48 hours after a TTC bus driver was shot with a BB gun in Scarborough on Saturday.
“Now we have to place an finish to those acts of violence and disrespect in opposition to transit employees,” tweeted Tory.
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