Assault on bus driver

At about 1:30pm on the 11th October a bus driver was assaulted on Heaphy
Terrace outside the Claudelands Event Centre .
The bus driver, who was on his first day on the job, had intervened in a
domestic dispute in which a woman was being assaulted by a man.
The man then attacked the bus driver who suffered bruising to his face.
Police are looking for a Maori man, wearing a grey tee shirt, blue jeans and
carrying a sweatshirt. He has shoulder length hair.

Anyone who witnessed the attack or can provide further information is asked
to contact: Detective Sergeant Shelley BEGBIE at the Hamilton Police Station. Phone (07)
858 6200

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