CRIME on BUSES * WORLDWIDE
* USA / Mexico - Bus hijackings in Tamaulipas becoming more common
(Video from YouTube, by blueman100 -16 Aug 2008: "Driving and Shooting": Crossing Zaragoza International Bridge (Tomatoes), one of the 4 bridges that connect city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas (MX) with Brownsville, Texas, USA. Under the bridge passes the Rio Grande, that divides both cities)
Brownsville,TX,USA -The Brownsville Herald -October 07, 2010: -- The hijacking of buses has become more common as the violence has increased, they say... The death last week of a Brownsville college student who was shot while traveling by bus in southern Tamaulipas is not an isolated case, say recent travelers to Mexico. Jonathon William Torres Casares, 18, died last week while returning from Ciudad Mante where he visited relatives, said officials at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College... Torres is believed to be one of two people killed when the bus he was riding in was hijacked, according to a U.S. official who declined to be named because he was not authorized to speak to the media... A businessman from Tampico who fled the violence in Mexico and relocated to Brownsville said such hijackings have become common... Juan Perez (not his real name) said he brought his family here after months of extortion and receiving threats from the Zeta criminal organization. He said that after establishing his residence here, he would regularly go by bus to Tampico to check on the family business... His trips came to a halt in mid-August when the bus he was riding in between Tampico and Matamoros was stopped by a group of armed men claiming to be Zetas...
* UK - Bristol buses withdrawn over robberies
* Australia - Bus assaults jump 50 per cent
(Video from YouTube, by ddchalmers -22 July 2009: Raw video footage - security camera video shows a man threatening a bus driver with a six inch knife in Darwin, Australia)
Sydney,NSW,Australia -The Daily Telegraph/The Sunday Telegraph, by BRIANA DOMJEN -October 10, 2010: -- Attacks and robberies on buses have increased by 50 per cent in the past two years with the northern beaches, Maroubra and Newtown declared the most dangerous routes... Almost 500 passengers made reports to police after they were assaulted, spat at or had valuables stolen while catching a bus last year - up from 332 in 2007- NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research figures show... Bus drivers are fearful about working the night shift on the most troubled routes, concerned for the safety of passengers. Rail Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) secretary Raul Baonza said it is left to the drivers to intervene and break up a fight if a passenger is under attack... The escalating number of attacks is creating apprehension among drivers who have to work night shifts in trouble spots...
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