Vandals attack bus fleet

Indicator and windscreen wiper switches were snapped from the steering columns

A fleet of buses has been vandalised at a depot in County Antrim.

The incident happened at the Station Road terminal in Antrim on Thursday night when vandals broke in and attacked 18 vehicles.

Thousands of pounds of damage was caused when indicator and windscreen wiper switches on each of the vehicles was snapped off.

Forensic scientists took fingerprint evidence before the buses went to be repaired.

Valuable resources are being used to deal with this incident and Translink thoroughly condemn this kind of antisocial behaviour Martin Lundy Translink

Translink District Manager Martin Lundy condemned the attack as "mindless vandalism".

"This is a busy bus station and this number of buses off the road could have caused serious disruption to our passengers this morning," he said.

"However we were able to react promptly to secure buses from other bus stations which allowed us to operate services with minimum disruption for the local Antrim community.

"Valuable resources are being used to deal with this incident and Translink thoroughly condemn this kind of antisocial behaviour.

Mr Lundy appealed to the community for help in catching those responsible and said the company's £1,000 reward scheme was available for information leading to a successful prosecution.