UPDATE: Hunt on to identify bus attacker
Parents fear for child’s safety after publishing video of assault on school bus
THE nine-year-old Richards Bay boy who was viciously beaten with a belt on a school bus by an enraged motorist, has been left severely traumatised and his parents are now on a mission to identify the attacker.
The Zululand Observer met with the boy’s parents a day after they posted a video of the attack online in an attempt to find the man.
Their son, a pupil at the Zululand Remedial School, takes the same bus home after school every day.
Also read: WATCH: Disturbing video shows man beating child on school bus
On 10 August the motorist boarded the bus after forcing it to a stop and confronted the boy and other schoolmates.
He then took off his belt and beat the boy repeatedly over his face, back and arms. The beating was recorded by the bus’s on-board CCTV camera.
It is believed the incident was sparked by another child who threw stones out of the bus window, damaging the attacker’s windscreen.
The boy’s parents say the attack has left the boy, who suffers from Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) and was diagnosed as bipolar at a young age, fearful and nervous.
Read the full story in the ZO Monday edition.
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