RUC refuse to act over bus attack
A Greencastle community worker has accused the RUC of refusing to act
after a sectarian attack on a bus full of school girls.
Whitewell Residents Association spokesperson Paul McKiernan has
called on the RUC to publicly state whether it was informed of the
attack on the school bus on Thursday 18 March.
The attack took place when school girls on their way to home from
Little Flower Secondary School had to dive for cover, as their bus
travelling along the Somerton Road, was attacked with ball bearings
fired from catapults.
Despite parents and Translink informing the RUC of the attack a
spokesperson for the RUC claims that it has no knowledge of the
attack.
A Translink spokesperson confirmed that it had received a complaint
over the incident and had informed the RUC.
``The window on the bus was broken and it is a matter of policy to
automatically report damages such as this.''
A spokesperson for Little Flower Secondary School also confirmed that
the attack had taken place.
She said the matter had been reported to the RUC by parents of those
girls on the bus at the time.
Paul McKiernan says that the RUC now has a duty to state whether or
not it was actually informed of the attack.
``When Translink and parents individually informed the RUC of what had
happened it seems strange that no record now exists.
``If this is a simple clerical mistake that is well and good but if
the RUC is not taking these attacks seriously then it must be asked
why.''
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