Police are appealing for information after a bus was put out of action on Tuesday night when a brick was thrown through the doors.
Pictures shown the glass doors of the First West Yorkshire bus completely smashed in by the brick. The attack happened at the Logic Business Park just off the A63 around 7.25pm on March 14.
No one was injured in the attack. The bus had to be pulled from service due to the damage.
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A spokesperson for First West Yorkshire said: “We can confirm that an incident of vandalism occurred last night (Tuesday 14 March) involving one of our buses at Logic Business Park in Leeds.
“A brick was thrown and damaged the glass in the front doors. We are relieved that no one was injured and our driver acted calmly and professionally in contacting the depot team.
"The safety of our staff and customers is our highest priority and we are working closely with the police to investigate this incident including the use of on board CCTV footage to help identify the individuals involved. Such attacks can have very serious consequences and we would encourage anyone with information to contact the police or get in touch with Crimestoppers.
“Every time we have to divert buses or shorten a route it is disrupting the lives of local people in the communities we serve.
“Acts of vandalism cause significant interference to the timetable. We aim to source a replacement bus as quickly as possible in order to minimise disruption to our customers, but when vandalism occurs while the bus is in service, then it does inevitably and regrettably result in at least part of that scheduled journey being cancelled and or re-routed to avoid further incidents. Repairing a bus means it may also be missing from service the following day too.”
A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said: "Police are appealing for information after damage was caused to a bus in Skelton Moor Way, Halton at about 7.25pm yesterday (Tuesday). Anyone with information is asked to contact Leeds East police on 101, or by using the LiveChat on the West Yorkshire Police website.
"The crime reference is 13230146585. Information can also be reported anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555111 or online."
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