SINGAPORE: A Singapore bus driver was attacked by parang-wielding men in a bold robbery attempt in the southern Malaysian city of Johor Bahru Tuesday evening.
The incident happened on SBS Transit bus service number 160 which had just left the Kotaraya shopping centre.
It was heading for the Woodlands Checkpoint at the border with Singapore.
A caller to MediaCorp's News hotline said the driver was slashed with a parang when he tried to close the door on the men who were trying to board.
An SBS Transit spokesman told Channel NewsAsia that the injured driver would be transferred from the Johor General Hospital to Singapore soon.
He is believed to be a Singapore permanent resident in his early thirties.
It is not known how many passengers were onboard at the time of the incident or if any of them were injured. The assailants fled immediately after the incident.
Service 160 plies between Kotaraya in Johor Bahru and the Jurong East Interchange in Singapore and the journey usually takes about 70 minutes.
The incident happened on SBS Transit bus service number 160 which had just left the Kotaraya shopping centre.
It was heading for the Woodlands Checkpoint at the border with Singapore.
A caller to MediaCorp's News hotline said the driver was slashed with a parang when he tried to close the door on the men who were trying to board.
An SBS Transit spokesman told Channel NewsAsia that the injured driver would be transferred from the Johor General Hospital to Singapore soon.
He is believed to be a Singapore permanent resident in his early thirties.
It is not known how many passengers were onboard at the time of the incident or if any of them were injured. The assailants fled immediately after the incident.
Service 160 plies between Kotaraya in Johor Bahru and the Jurong East Interchange in Singapore and the journey usually takes about 70 minutes.
