Assailants shoots school bus-driver in Shamli, Uttar Pradesh

A driver of a school bus, which had 34 children on board, was shot at by unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, police said today. The incident took place yesterday near Jatbhaneda village. The bus was carrying the children from Maharaja Surajmal Public School to their homes, Additional Superintendent of Police Shalok Kumar said.

The driver was admitted to a local hospital in serious condition, he said.

The bus was stopped by four persons on two motorcycles and when the driver got down, they shot at him, the officer said.

Police are trying to identify the assailants. The cause behind the attack is not known, Kumar said.

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