Teen charged after unprovoked bus assault leaves schoolgirl with serious facial injuries

Teen charged after unprovoked bus assault in Far North Queensland has left a schoolgirl with serious facial injuries. Read more here.

Schoolgirl left with facial injuries after bus attack. File photo. Picture: iStock.

A schoolgirl has been left with serious facial injuries after she was punched multiple times in the face while heading home on a bus in Far North Queensland, in an unprovoked attack.

Police allege a 17-year-old school student, on her way home at 3.15pm on Monday, March 17, was seated near the front of a bus in an aisle seat when she was assaulted by another teenager.

Authorities said a 16-year-old was another passenger on the bus when she punched the older girl in the face twice as she walked down the aisle to exit the bus.

The 17-year-old sustained serious facial injuries and required medical treatment.

Cairns Child Protection Investigation Unit detectives have since charged the 16-year-old girl with one count of assault occasioning bodily harm.

It is further alleged the girl stole a drink from a Parramatta Park service station earlier in the week.

She is scheduled to appear in the Cairns Children’s Court on Friday, March 21.

Originally published as Teen charged after unprovoked bus assault leaves schoolgirl with serious facial injuries