Five teenagers have been arrested after a bus driver was assaulted in Burwood on Friday.
A group of youths allegedly attempted to rob several passengers before the driver intervened about 7.30pm.
He was struck with a glass bottle and fell to the ground where the assault continued.
The driver sustained facial injuries and was taken to hospital but has since been released.
Eastern Region Division 1 Crime Team and Whitehorse and Monash Crime Investigation Unit detectives jointly investigated the incident which resulted in today’s arrests.
The youths, four males and a female aged between 14-16, are in police custody assisting police with their enquiries.
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